Magnetic support of the optical emission line filaments in NGC 1275

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7207, 2008, Pages 968-970

  Fabian, A C ^a   Johnstone, R M ^a   Sanders, J S ^a   Conselice, C J ^b   Crawford, C S ^a   Gallagher III, J S ^c   Zweibel, E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Department of Physics University of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; MAGNETIC METHOD; OPTICAL METHOD;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENERGY; FIELD EMISSION; GRAVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MASS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 50149108856     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07169     Document Type: Article

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