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10 - Young stellar objects and their environment

from III - Stars and their environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

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Motohide Tamura  and
Jungmi Kwon
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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. 162 - 175
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