The magnetic environments of young stellar objects

A. Chrysostomou; R. Curran; D. Aitken

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The magnetic environments of young stellar objects

A. Chrysostomou, R. Curran, D. Aitken

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Abstract

We report on early results of submillimetre polarimetric measurements towards a sample of young stellar objects. The results allow us to infer the magnetic field structure and show a variety of configurations, providing evidence for axial, helical and pinched (i.e. ‘hourglass’) magnetic field configurations. We find that in some cases the field is curved over large scales, implying that it is influenced by the gas kinematics in the local environment, and that at these scales at least, the magnetic field plays a passive rôle in the star formation process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	509-515
Journal	Astrophysics and Space Science
Volume	292
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ASTR.0000045056.55646.6a
Publication status	Published - 2004

Keywords

star formation
magnetic fields
submillimetre
polarimetry

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