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The results of far-infrared polarimetry of the circumnuclear dust ring at Sgr A West are in agreement with predictions for a magnetic field with approximate axial symmetry except in the northwest quadrant where the field runs along an extension of the northern arm to a radius of at least 4 pc.
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Hildebrand, R.H., Davidson, J.A. (1994). The Magnetic Field in the Dust Ring and Northern Arm of Sgr A West. In: Genzel, R., Harris, A.I. (eds) The Nuclei of Normal Galaxies. NATO ASI Series, vol 445. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0752-5_26
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