A magnetized jet from a massive protostar

Science

Volumn 330, Issue 6008, 2010, Pages 1209-1212

  Carrasco González, Carlos ^a,b   Rodríguez, Luis F ^b   Anglada, Guillem ^a   Martí, Josep ^c   Torrelles, José M ^d   Osorio, Mayra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE RADIOASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; JET; MAGNETIC FIELD;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; LUMINANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 78649407197     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1195589     Document Type: Article

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42. National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the NSF, operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Incorporated. We acknowledge I. Agudo, A. Alberdi, and J. L. Gómez for useful comments. G.A., C.C.-G., J.M., M.O., and J.M.T. acknowledge support from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) grants AYA2008-06189-C03 and AYA2007-68034-C03-02 [co-funded with Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) funds] and from Junta de Andalucía (Spain). L.F.R. acknowledges the support of Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, UNAM, and Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Technología, México.