Strong magnetic fields in normal galaxies at high redshift

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7202, 2008, Pages 302-304

  Bernet, Martin L ^a   Miniati, Francesco ^a   Lilly, Simon J ^a   Kronberg, Philipp P ^b,c   Dessauges Zavadsky, Miroslava ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

MAGNETIC FIELD; ROTATION;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 47549108439     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07105     Document Type: Article

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