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Observational Aspects of Magnetic Fields in Molecular Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

T. H. Troland*
Affiliation:
Physics and Astronomy Department University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506 USA

Abstract

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A small but growing body of observational information now exists regarding magnetic field strengths in molecular regions. Most of these data come from study of the Zeeman effect in 18 cm OH lines. The field is strong enough in many such regions to be dynamically important.

Type
6. Magnetic Fields in Molecular Clouds, Dark Globules and in the Pre-Stellar and Circumstellar Environment
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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