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6 - Grain alignment: Role of radiative torques and paramagnetic relaxation

from II - Theory, instrumentation, and laboratory studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

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Alexander Lazarian ,
B-G Andersson  and
Thiem Hoang
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Ludmilla Kolokolova ,
James Hough  and
Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd
Ludmilla Kolokolova
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University of Maryland, College Park
James Hough
Affiliation:
University of Hertfordshire
Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd
Affiliation:
Université de Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie)
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Polarimetry of Stars and Planetary Systems , pp. 81 - 113
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