Local Magnetic Field Role in Star Formation

P.M. Koch; Y.W. Tang; P.T.P. Ho; Q. Zhang; J.M. Girart; H.R.V. Chen; S.P. Lai; H.B. Li; Z.Y. Li; H.B. Liu; M. Padovani; K. Qiu; R. Rao; H.W. Yen; P. Frau; H.H. Chen; T.C. Ching

doi:10.1051/eas/1575027

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Volume 75-76 (2015)

EAS Publications Series, 75-76 (2015) 159-162

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Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 75-76, 2015 Conditions and Impact of Star Formation


Page(s)		159 - 162
Section		Star Formation: Physical and Chemical Conditions, Feedback
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1575027
Published online		20 May 2016

Conditions and Impact of Star Formation
R. Simon, R. Schaaf and J. Stutzki (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 75–76 (2015) 159-162

Local Magnetic Field Role in Star Formation

P.M. Koch¹, Y.W. Tang¹, P.T.P. Ho¹, Q. Zhang³, J.M. Girart⁴, H.R.V. Chen⁵^,1, S.P. Lai⁵^,1, H.B. Li⁶, Z.Y. Li⁷, H.B. Liu⁷, M. Padovani⁸^,9, K. Qiu¹⁰, R. Rao¹¹, H.W. Yen¹, P. Frau¹², H.H. Chen³ and T.C. Ching³^,5

¹ Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taipei, Taiwan
² East Asian Observatory, 660 N. Aohoku Place, University Park, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, USA
³ Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
⁴ Institut de Ciències de l'Espai, Facultat de Ciències, C5p 2, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia
⁵ Inst. of Astronomy and Dep. of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
⁶ Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
⁷ Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
⁸ Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, France
⁹ INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy
¹⁰ School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjiing 210093, China
¹¹ Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
¹² Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, 28014 Madrid, Spain

Abstract

We highlight distinct and systematic observational features of magnetic field morphologies in polarized submm dust continuum. We illustrate this with specific examples and show statistical trends from a sample of 50 star-forming regions.