期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 540, 期 2, 页码 L103-L106出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/312885
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ISM : clouds; ISM : magnetic fields; MHD; polarization
We make the hypothesis that molecular cloud fragments are triaxial bodies with a large-scale magnetic field oriented along the short axis. While consistent with theoretical expectations, this idea is supported by magnetic field strength data, which show strong evidence for flattening along the direction of the mean magnetic field. It is also consistent with early submillimeter polarization data, which show that the projected direction of the magnetic field is often slightly misaligned with the projected minor axis of a molecular cloud core; i.e., the offset angle Psi is nonzero. We calculate distributions of Psi for various triaxial bodies, when viewed from a random set of viewing angles. The highest viewing probability always corresponds to Psi = 0 degrees, but there is a finite probability of viewing all nonzero Psi, including even Psi = 90 degrees; the average offset typically falls in the range of 10 degrees-30 degrees for triaxial bodies most likely to satisfy observational and theoretical constraints.
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