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Microstructure of the Galactic Magnetic Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

K. Serkowski
K. Serkowski*
Affiliation:
University of Warsaw, Astronomical Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, Warsaw, Poland

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The polarization of the stars in open clusters, explained on the basis of the Davis-Greenstein theory, gives some information on the microstructure of the galactic magnetic field.

The polarization is most conveniently described by the parameters Q, U, proportional to the Stokes parameters and defined by where p is the amount of polarization, θ is the position angle of the electric vector, and θ̄ is the mean value of θ for the region under consideration.

Type
Part I: Empirical Studies of Velocity Fields in, and Related Structure of, the Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 8: Cosmical Gas Dynamics , July 1958 , pp. 952 - 954
Copyright
Copyright © American Physical Society 1958 

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