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| Paper: |
Revealing the Magnetic Field Configuration in M17–SO1 |
| Volume: |
449, Astronomical Polarimetry 2008: Science from Small to Large Telescopes |
| Page: |
334 |
| Authors: |
Fujiyoshi, T.; Yamashita, T.; Sako, S.; Hough, J. H.; Lucas, P. W. |
| Abstract: |
We present near-infrared imaging polarimetry of the silhouette young
stellar object M17–SO1. When the continuum and the scattering
components are separated, the 2.17-μm Brγ image reveals
the absorptive polarization vectors (i.e., magnetic field lines) exiting
the mid-plane of the circumstellar envelope at relatively wide
angles. Such a configuration may imply a slightly pulled-in, co-rotating
frozen-in poloidal magnetic field. |
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