2 papers
astro-ph2008
Near-Infrared Polarimetry toward the Galactic Center
Shogo Nishiyama, Motohide Tamura, Hirofumi Hatano +4
Near-infrared polarimetry of point sources reveals the presence of a toroidal magnetic field in the central 20' x 20' region of our Galaxy. Comparing the Stokes parameters between…
astro-ph2007
Near-Infrared Imaging Polarimetry of the Star Forming Region NGC 2024
R. Kandori, M. Tamura, N. Kusakabe +7
We conducted wide-field JHKs imaging polarimetry toward NGC 2024. We found a prominent and extended polarized nebula over NGC 2024, and constrained the location of illuminating sou…