Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999apj...516..834h&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 516, Issue 2, pp. 834-842.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Ism: Dust, Extinction, Infrared: Ism: Continuum, Ism: Clouds, Polarization, Stars: Low-Mass, Brown Dwarfs
Scientific paper
We present data on the polarization of the thermal emission from Galactic Clouds at 60 mum, 100 mum, and 350 mum. There are examples of rising polarization spectra in dense cloud cores [P(350 mum/P(100 μm)~2], and falling spectra in cloud envelopes [P(350)/P(100 μm)~0.6]. We also present data showing that the relationship, P(tau), between polarization and optical depth in cloud cores is different from that in cloud envelopes. We review the principles governing the far-infrared polarization spectrum and discuss applications to the data on P(lambda) and P(tau). We conclude that the cloud envelopes we have observed must contain two populations of grains that differ in their polarization efficiencies and in their emission spectra. We propose a model for cloud envelopes in which the contrasting populations reside in domains of different mean temperatures where the warmer domains contain the aligned grains.
Dotson Jessie L.
Dowell Charles (Darren)
Hildebrand Roger H.
Schleuning David A.
Vaillancourt John E.
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