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Microstructure of the Galactic Magnetic Field
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2017
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The polarization of the stars in open clusters, explained on the basis of the Davis-Greenstein theory, gives some information on the microstructure of the galactic magnetic field.
The polarization is most conveniently described by the parameters Q, U, proportional to the Stokes parameters and defined by where p is the amount of polarization, θ is the position angle of the electric vector, and θ̄ is the mean value of θ for the region under consideration.
- Type
- Part I: Empirical Studies of Velocity Fields in, and Related Structure of, the Interstellar Medium
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 8: Cosmical Gas Dynamics , July 1958 , pp. 952 - 954
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- Copyright © American Physical Society 1958
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