INVESTIGATING THE MAGNETIC-FIELD STRUCTURE AROUND STAR-FORMATION CORES

Authors
GREAVES JS MURRAY AG HOLLAND WS
Citation
Js. Greaves et al., INVESTIGATING THE MAGNETIC-FIELD STRUCTURE AROUND STAR-FORMATION CORES, Astronomy and astrophysics, 284(2), 1994, pp. 19-22
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy and astrophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
284
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
19 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1994)284:2<19:ITMSAS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Linear polarization of dust emission has been mapped around the star f orming cloud cores W3 IRS5 and rho Oph SM1, at a wavelength of 800 mum . In the former source the data are consistent with magnetic field lin es that converge on the central object, whereas in the latter the fiel d lines appear close to parallel. The results are consistent with a cu rrent model of star formation in high-mass and low-mass cores, but the presence of other nearby sources, and an outflow in W3 IRS5, could af fect this interpretation.