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Zeeman splitting of OH masers and the galactic magnetic field
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2017
Abstract
Zeeman measurements of OH masers are used to probe the magnetic field around regions of massive star formation. Previous observations suggested that OH maser field directions were aligned in a clockwise sense in the Milky Way, but recent data from a large-scale VLA survey do not support this hypothesis. However, these observations suggest that the magnetic field of the Milky Way is correlated on kiloparsec scales.
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- Part 4. Polarization and Magnetic Fields
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 206: Cosmic Masers: From Protostars to Blackholes , 2002 , pp. 371 - 374
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002
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