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Observations of magnetic fields in star-forming clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2020

Juan D. Soler
Juan D. Soler*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Königstuhl 17, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany. email: soler@mpia.de
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Abstract

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This review examines observations of magnetic fields in molecular clouds, that is, at spatial scales ranging from tens to tenths of parsecs and densities up to hundreds of particles per cubic centimetre. I will briefly summarize the techniques for observing and mapping magnetic fields in molecular clouds. I will review important examples of observational results obtained using each technique and their implications for our understanding of the role of the magnetic field in molecular cloud formation and evolution. Finally, I will briefly discuss the prospects for advances in our observational capabilities with telescopes and instruments now beginning operation or under construction.

Keywords

ISM: generalISM: magnetic fieldsISM: cloudsISM: structuredust, extinctionsubmillimeter: ISMinfrared: ISMmagnetic fields(magnetohydrodynamics:) MHD
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 14 , Symposium A30: Astronomy in Focus XXX , August 2018 , pp. 101
Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2020

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