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Magnetic fields in the Pipe nebula region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

Gabriel A. P. Franco
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física – ICEx – UFMG, Brazil email: franco@fisica.ufmg.br
Felipe O. Alves
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSCI–IEEC), Campus UAB–Facultat de Ciències, Torre C5–Parell 2a, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalunya, Spain email: oliveira@ieec.uab.es; girart@ieec.uab.es
J. M. Girart
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSCI–IEEC), Campus UAB–Facultat de Ciències, Torre C5–Parell 2a, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalunya, Spain email: oliveira@ieec.uab.es; girart@ieec.uab.es
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Abstract

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Magnetic fields are supposed to play an important role in the formation and support of self-gravitating clouds and the formation and evolution of protostars in such clouds. We used R-band linear polarimetry collected for about 12000 stars in 46 fields with lines of sight toward the Pipe nebula to investigate the properties of the magnetic fields acting on this dark cloud complex.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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