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Circular polarization in T Tauri stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

P. Bastien
Affiliation:
Département de Physique and Observatoire du mont Mégantic Université de Montréal, B.P. 6128, Succ. A, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7 Canada
R. Nadeau
Affiliation:
Département de Physique and Observatoire du mont Mégantic Université de Montréal, B.P. 6128, Succ. A, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7 Canada

Abstract

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We report the detection of circular polarization in three T Tauri stars with known intrinsic linear polarization. A circumstellar origin is required.

Type
Bipolar Flows, Jets and Protostars
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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