Unveiling a magnetized jet from a low-mass protostar

The presence of magnetic fields in protostellar jets has been predicted theoretically, but its experimental confirmation has been elusive so far. Here, the authors report the detection of SiO line polarisation in the HH 211 protostellar jet, indicative of the onset of magnetic fields.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chin-Fei Lee, Hsiang-Chih Hwang, Tao-Chung Ching, Naomi Hirano, Shih-Ping Lai, Ramprasad Rao, Paul. T. P Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07143-8