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12 - Magnetic fields in high-mass star-forming regions

from III - Stars and their environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

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Antonio Chrysostomou ,
Martin Houde  and
Brenda C. Matthews
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Ludmilla Kolokolova ,
James Hough  and
Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd
Ludmilla Kolokolova
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University of Maryland, College Park
James Hough
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University of Hertfordshire
Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd
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Université de Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie)
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Polarimetry of Stars and Planetary Systems , pp. 199 - 209
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