Circular polarimetry reveals helical magnetic fields in the young stellar object HH 135-136

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7166, 2007, Pages 71-73

  Chrysostomou, Antonio ^a   Lucas, Philip W ^a   Hough, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; IMAGING METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; ROTATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIREFRINGENCE; LUMINANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MASS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; POLARIMETRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 35948956309     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06220     Document Type: Article

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