Magnetically aligned dust and SiO maser polarisation in the envelope of the red supergiant VY Canis Majoris

Author: Vlemmings W. H. T.   Khouri T.   Martí-Vidal I.   Tafoya D.   Baudry A.   Etoka S.   Humphreys E. M. L.   Jones T. J.   Kemball A.   O’Gorman E.   Pérez-Sánchez A. F.   Richards A. M. S.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1432-0746|603|issue|A92-A92

ISSN: 0004-6361

Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.603, Iss.issue, 2017-07, pp. : A92-A92

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Abstract

Aims. Polarisation observations of circumstellar dust and molecular (thermal and maser) lines provide unique information about dust properties and magnetic fields in circumstellar envelopes of evolved stars.

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