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A Search for Infrared Polarization in the Galactic Center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

T. Maihara
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
H. Okuda
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
S. Sato
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Abstract

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Observations of infrared polarization have been tried in the galactic center. A preliminary result is that the polarization at K-band (2.2 μ) is less than 5 %, much less than that expected from interstellar polarization.

Type
Part IV Interstellar Polarization
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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