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Polarimetric evidence against a collimated outflow in the Horsehead Nebula

Abstract

Imaging polarimetry of the Horsehead Nebula in Orion shows that the 'jaw' region of the nebula, which includes a proposed collimated flow from a highly reddened star B33-6, is illuminated by a distant source, sigma Orionis, and not by B33-6. The polarization pattern also shows features which suggest the presence of magnetically aligned dust grains in the surrounding medium. The possible structure of the aligning field is discussed.
Publication Date:
Aug 01, 1985
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
AIX-16-079322; EDB-86-006022
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.; (United Kingdom); Journal Volume: 215:3
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; COSMIC DUST; POLARIZATION; NEBULAE; BRIGHTNESS; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; JETS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAPS; NEAR INFRARED RADIATION; STARS; VISIBLE RADIATION; DATA; DUSTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INFORMATION; INFRARED RADIATION; NUMERICAL DATA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; 640105* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Galaxies
OSTI ID:
6238764
Research Organizations:
Durham Univ., UK. Dept. of Physics
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: MNRAA
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 75P-80P
Announcement Date:
Nov 01, 1985

Citation Formats

Warren-Smith, R F, Gledhill, T M, and Scarrott, S M. Polarimetric evidence against a collimated outflow in the Horsehead Nebula. United Kingdom: N. p., 1985. Web.
Warren-Smith, R F, Gledhill, T M, & Scarrott, S M. Polarimetric evidence against a collimated outflow in the Horsehead Nebula. United Kingdom.
Warren-Smith, R F, Gledhill, T M, and Scarrott, S M. 1985. "Polarimetric evidence against a collimated outflow in the Horsehead Nebula." United Kingdom.
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title = {Polarimetric evidence against a collimated outflow in the Horsehead Nebula}
author = {Warren-Smith, R F, Gledhill, T M, and Scarrott, S M}
abstractNote = {Imaging polarimetry of the Horsehead Nebula in Orion shows that the 'jaw' region of the nebula, which includes a proposed collimated flow from a highly reddened star B33-6, is illuminated by a distant source, sigma Orionis, and not by B33-6. The polarization pattern also shows features which suggest the presence of magnetically aligned dust grains in the surrounding medium. The possible structure of the aligning field is discussed.}
journal = []
volume = {215:3}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1985}
month = {Aug}
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