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dc.contributor.authorKwon, Jungmi
dc.contributor.authorTamura, Motohide
dc.contributor.authorHough, J.
dc.contributor.authorKusakabe, Nobuhiko
dc.contributor.authorNagata, Tetsuya
dc.contributor.authorNakajima, Yasushi
dc.contributor.authorLucas, P.W.
dc.contributor.authorNagayama, Takahiro
dc.contributor.authorKandori, Ryo
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-10T14:43:43Z
dc.date.available2015-09-10T14:43:43Z
dc.date.issued2014-11-01
dc.identifier.citationKwon , J , Tamura , M , Hough , J , Kusakabe , N , Nagata , T , Nakajima , Y , Lucas , P W , Nagayama , T & Kandori , R 2014 , ' Near-infrared circular polarization survey in star-forming regions : Correlations and trends ' , Astrophysical Journal Letters , vol. 795 , no. 1 , L16 . https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/795/1/L16
dc.identifier.issn2041-8205
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 9203668
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 009dc01a-b959-485e-8b8c-3e66c5768053
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84908226439
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-8872-4462/work/62748862
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/16431
dc.description.abstractWe have conducted a systematic near-infrared circular polarization (CP) survey in star-forming regions, covering high-mass, intermediate-mass, and low-mass young stellar objects. All the observations were made using the SIRPOL imaging polarimeter on the Infrared Survey Facility 1.4 m telescope at the South African Astronomical Observatory. We present the polarization properties of 10 sub-regions in 6 star-forming regions. The polarization patterns, extents, and maximum degrees of linear and circular polarizations are used to determine the prevalence and origin of CP in the star-forming regions. Our results show that the CP pattern is quadrupolar in general, the CP regions are extensive, up to 0.65 pc, the CP degrees are high, up to 20%, and the CP degrees decrease systematically from high- to low-mass young stellar objects. The results are consistent with dichroic extinction mechanisms generating the high degrees of CP in star-forming regions.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAstrophysical Journal Letters
dc.subjectdust, extinction
dc.subjectinfrared: ISM
dc.subjectISM: magnetic fields
dc.subjectpolarization
dc.subjectstars: formation
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.subjectSpace and Planetary Science
dc.subjectAstronomy and Astrophysics
dc.titleNear-infrared circular polarization survey in star-forming regions : Correlations and trendsen
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
dc.contributor.institutionScience & Technology Research Institute
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Astrophysics Research
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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