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dc.contributor.authorBains, I.
dc.contributor.authorRichards, A.M.S.
dc.contributor.authorGledhill, T.
dc.contributor.authorYates, J.A.
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T12:19:47Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T12:19:47Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.citationBains , I , Richards , A M S , Gledhill , T & Yates , J A 2004 , ' MERLIN polarimetry of the OH masers in IRAS 20406+2953 ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 354 , no. 2 , pp. 529-542 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08209.x
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 175814
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dc.identifier.otherdspace: 2299/4271
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 7044272696
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-2859-4600/work/30779777
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/4271
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dc.description.abstractWe present the third in a series of results from our programme of the detection and measurement of magnetic fields in protoplanetary nebulae (PPN), using full-polarization MERLIN observations of OH masers. These are the first maps of the OH 1612- and 1667-MHz masing emission from IRAS 20406+2953. We have identified a Zeeman pair in the 1612-MHz data; this result heralds the second magnetic field strength measured in a PPN. We show that the field, of strength −3.1 mG, is sufficiently strong to be shaping the outflowing mass from the star. By considering the spatial distribution of the masers and the structure of the linear polarization data, we suggest a field configuration that is toroidal. The observed change in polarization position angle between the peak red- and blueshifted components of the maser features, if attributed to Faraday rotation within the circumstellar envelope, gives an electron density of ∼1 cm−3. We show that this is sufficient to freeze the field into the outflowing wind.en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
dc.titleMERLIN polarimetry of the OH masers in IRAS 20406+2953en
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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