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7 papers

astro-ph.GA2025

FIELDMAPS Data Release: Far-Infrared Polarization in the "Bones" of the Milky Way

Simon Coudé, Ian W. Stephens, Philip C. Myers +13

Polarization observations of the Milky Way and many other spiral galaxies have found a close correspondence between the orientation of spiral arms and magnetic field lines on scale…

astro-ph.GA2025

Magnetic Fields in the Bones of the Milky Way

Ian W. Stephens, Simon Coude, Philip C. Myers +20

Stars primarily form in galactic spiral arms within dense, filamentary molecular clouds. The largest and most elongated of these molecular clouds are referred to as ``bones," which…

astro-ph.SR2025

SOFIA Polarization Spectrum of Three Star-Forming Clouds

Erin G. Cox, Giles Novak, David T. Chuss +6

The dust emission polarization spectrum -- how the polarization percentage changes with wavelength -- serves as a probe of dust grain properties in star-forming regions. In this pa…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Magnetic Keys to Massive Star Formation: The Western Carinae Giant Molecular Cloud

Peter J. Barnes, Stuart D. Ryder, Giles Novak +1

We present SOFIA/HAWC+ continuum polarisation data on the magnetic fields threading 17 pc-scale massive molecular clumps at the western end of the Car GMC (Region 9 of CHaMP,…

astro-ph.GA2024

Magnetic Field Alignment Relative to Multiple Tracers in the High-mass Star-forming Region RCW 36

Akanksha Bij, Laura M. Fissel, Lars Bonne +9

We use polarization data from SOFIA HAWC+ to investigate the interplay between magnetic fields and stellar feedback in altering gas dynamics within the high-mass star-forming regio…

astro-ph.GA2024

Modeling the Far-Infrared Polarization Spectrum of a High-Mass Star Forming Cloud

Dennis Lee, Che-Yu Chen, Giles Novak +7

The polarization spectrum, or wavelength dependence of the polarization fraction, of interstellar dust emission provides important insights into the grain alignment mechanism of in…