Statistical assessment of shapes and magnetic field orientations in molecular clouds through polarization observations

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 399, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1681-1693

  Tassis, K ^a   Dowell, C D ^a   Hildebrand, R H ^b,c   Kirby, L ^b   Vaillancourt, J E ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

ISM: clouds; Magnetic fields; Methods: statistical; Techniques: polarimetric

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CLOUDS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLOUD IMAGE; ISM : CLOUDS; LINE OF SIGHT; LINES-OF-SIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD ORIENTATIONS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; METHODS:STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR CLOUDS; POLARIZATION OBSERVATIONS; TECHNIQUES: POLARIMETRIC;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 70350767227     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15420.x     Document Type: Article

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