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Do Molecular Clouds Deform Interstellar Magnetic Fields?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

R. Beck
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-5300 Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany
E.M. Berkhuijsen
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-5300 Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany
E. Bajaja
Affiliation:
Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia, Casilla de Correo 5, 1894 Villa Elisa, Argentina

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Polarized radio continuum emission and degree of polarization are reduced on dust lanes containing molecular clouds, whereas the total power emission is strong there. Faraday effects can explain only part of this depolarization. The remaining part must be due to tangled field lines within the radio beam.

Type
VI- Other Gaseous Components
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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