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On the alignment of T Tauri stars with the local magnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2003

J. Arnaud ,
N. Meunier ,
F. Ménard  and
G. Duchêne
F. Ménard*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, CNRS/UJF UMR 5571, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France;
G. Duchêne
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1562, USA
*
[email protected]
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Abstract

The original title of this contribution was "Magnetic Fields in theVicinity of Young Stars". One of the goals was to show the impact ofthe large scale magnetic field on the gravitational collapse leadingto star formation, and also to discuss some of Jean-Louis Leroy'scontributions to the measurement of the polarisation, hence thedirection of the magnetic in the interstellar medium made withSTERENN, the polarimeter he and Jean-François Leborgne built for thePic-du-Midi observatory. Another goal of the talk was to survey thestate of our knowledge of the magnetic field in the immediatecircumstellar environment of young stars. In doing that we discoveredan interesting correlation. Therefore, this paper presents only abrief overview of the original talk presented at theconference. Instead, it emphasizes largely on what we consider to bethe most interesting aspect of what was presented, namely, thealignement of YSO, and in particular T Tauri stars, with the localmagnetic field in Taurus.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 9: Magnetism and Activity of the Sun and Stars , 2003 , pp. 279
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2003

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