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Polarization in the lagoon nebula
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | McCall, Marshall L. Visvanathan, N. Richer, Michael G. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | A V-band polarimetric survey of stars associated with the Lagoon nebula was conducted. The data were combined with existing photometric and spectroscopic observations in order to investigate the alignment of magnetic field lines with identifiable symmetry axes and to evaluate the nature of dust in the immediate vicinity. Although stars are not in general highly polarized, electric vectors align with the minor axis of the Lagoon nebula, perpendicular to the major axis of the spatial distribution of massive stars. The observations indicate that the collapse of the molecular cloud progenitor was inhibited along directions perpendicular to magnetic field lines. Considering the low polarization efficiency and the high ratio of total to selective extinction, smaller grains of intranebular dust appear to have been destroyed. |
| File Size | 214405 |
| Page Count | 3 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910004880 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t11p30k5f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Extremely High Frequencies Collapse Spectroscopy Molecular Clouds Extinction Surveys Alignment Spatial Distribution Cosmic Dust Magnetic Field Configurations Polarimetry Magnetic Fields Nebulae Photometry Symmetry Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
