Magnetic field-line tangling and polarization measurements in clumpy molecular gas

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Oct 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...362..545z&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 362, Oct. 20, 1990, p. 545-550. Research supported by the University of Chi

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Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Molecular Gases, Polarimetry, Computational Astrophysics, Cosmic Dust, Field Strength, Galactic Nuclei, Orion Nebula, Thermal Emission

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Magnetic field lines entrained by randomly moving clumps of molecular gas tend to acquire a fluctuating or tangled component, which can be detected by measuring the dispersion of polarization angle about the mean. It is shown how the size of this component depends on the relative kinetic and magnetic energy densities of the medium, the covering factor of the clumps, and the degree of ionization.

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