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Photon and Magnetic Alignment of Interstellar Dust Grains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Leon W. King  and
Martin O. Harwit
Leon W. King
Affiliation:
Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850, U.S.A.
Martin O. Harwit
Affiliation:
Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We have considered the cooperative effects of photon and magnetic alignment on plausible models for interstellar dust grains. Neither effect, either in cooperation or alone, appears able to produce the observed alignment.

Type
Part IV Interstellar Polarization
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 52: Interstellar Dust and Related Topics , 1973 , pp. 197 - 202
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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