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Continuum Polarization as a Tool: A Perspective for VLT and ALMA

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The Origins of Stars and Planets: The VLT View

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We will discuss how polarization maps, obtained with near-infrared imaging instruments such as ISAAC and CONICA/NAOS at the VLT, can be used to determine the structure of star-forming regions.

The analysis of submillimetre polarization maps provided by ALMA will allow the study of magnetic field configurations in the environment of protostars. The potential of submillimetre polarimetry will be demonstrated by a SCUBA polarization map of the globule DC 253-1.6.

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  1. Astrophysical Institute and University Observatory, Friedrich Schiller University, Schillergaesschen 3, D-07745, Jena, Germany

    Thomas Henning

  2. Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, MS 105-24, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA

    Ralf Launhardt

  3. Thuringian State Observatory, Sternwarte 5, D-07778, Tautenburg, Germany

    Bringfried Stecklum & Sebastian Wolf

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  1. European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748, Garching, Germany

    João F. Alves

  2. Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482, Potsdam, Germany

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Henning, T., Launhardt, R., Stecklum, B., Wolf, S. (2002). Continuum Polarization as a Tool: A Perspective for VLT and ALMA. In: Alves, J.F., McCaughrean, M.J. (eds) The Origins of Stars and Planets: The VLT View. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-40277-1_9

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