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Observations and Models of Magnetic Molecular Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

P.C. Myers
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
A.A. Goodman
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

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In the last few years our knowledge of the strengths and directions of magnetic fields in molecular clouds has increased significantly. This paper briefly reviews observations of magnetic field strength and direction, compares such observations with equipartition models, and discusses the implications of these comparisons for the typical internal structure of the field in a molecular cloud.

Type
6. Magnetic Fields in Molecular Clouds, Dark Globules and in the Pre-Stellar and Circumstellar Environment
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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