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Does near-infrared polarimetry reveal the magnetic field in cold dark clouds?
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This article is published in The Astrophysical Journal.The article was published on 1995-08-01. It has received 189 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Polarimetry & Polarization (waves).read more
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Interstellar dust grains
TL;DR: In this article, the authors survey the observed properties of interstellar dust grains: the wavelength-dependent extinction of starlight, including absorption features, from UV to infrared; optical luminescence; and optical luminance.
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Control of star formation by supersonic turbulence
TL;DR: A review of the successes and problems of both the classical dynamical theory and the standard theory of magnetostatic support, from both observational and theoretical perspectives, is given in this paper.
Control of Star Formation by Supersonic Turbulence
TL;DR: A review of the successes and problems of both the classical dynamical theory and the standard theory of magnetostatic support, from both observational and theoretical perspectives, is given in this article.
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Cold Dark Clouds: The Initial Conditions for Star Formation
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Magnetic fields in molecular clouds
TL;DR: In this paper, a review examines observations of magnetic fields in molecular clouds and what those observations tell us about the theory of molecular cloud evolution and star formation, concluding that there is no definitive evidence for magnetic fields dominating gravity in molecular cloud or for ambipolar-diffusion-driven star formation.