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J/A+A/385/1014      Magnetic field structure in W51A       (Chrysostomou+, 2002)
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The magnetic field structure in W51A
    Chrysostomou, A., Aitken, D.K., Jenness, T., Davis, C.J., Hough, J.H.,
    Curran, R., Tamura, M.
      <Astron. Astrophys. 385, 1014 (2002)>
      =2002A&A...385.1014C      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Interstellar medium ; Polarization ; Magnetic fields
Keywords: ISM: magnetic fields - ISM: individual objects: W51A -
          stars: formation - techniques: polarimetric - submillimetre

Description:
    We present 850{mu}m imaging polarimetry of the W51A massive star
    forming region performed with SCUBA on the James Clerk Maxwell
    Telescope (JCMT) situated close to the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, on
    the night 6 October 2000.
    Positions, fluxes and polarimetry of the data points shown in Fig. 1
    of the paper are reported in the file table2.dat. The positional
    offsets are given relative to W51d (19:23:39.0, +14:31:08, J2000). All
    fluxes (including the Stokes Q and U parameters) are given in units of
    Jy/beam. The position angles give the direction of the E-vector.

File Summary:
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 FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe            80        .   This file
table2.dat        69      224   Positions, fluxes and polarisation of data
                                 points shown in Fig. 1.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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   Bytes Format Units     Label     Explanations
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   1-  5  F5.1  arcsec    oRA       Right ascension offset (1)
   7- 11  F5.1  arcsec    oDE       Declination offset (1)
  14- 18  F5.2  Jy        I         Intensity (in Jy/beam)
  20- 23  F4.2  Jy      e_I         Intensity error (in Jy/beam)
  26- 30  F5.2  Jy        Q         Q Stokes Intensity (in Jy/beam)
  32- 35  F4.2  Jy      e_Q         Q Stokes intensity error (in Jy/beam)
  38- 42  F5.2  Jy        U         U Stokes Intensity (in Jy/beam)
  44- 47  F4.2  Jy      e_U         U Stokes intensity error (in Jy/beam)
  50- 52  F3.1  %         Pol       Polarisation percentage
  55- 57  F3.1  %       e_Pol       Polarisation error
  60- 64  F5.1  deg       PA        [-90/90] Position angle of the E-vector
  66- 69  F4.1  deg     e_PA        Position angle error
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Note (1): The positional offsets are given relative to W51d.
           Position of W51d: RA= 19 23 39.9, DE= +14 31 08, J2000
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Acknowledgements: Antonio Chrysostomou  <acc@star.herts.ac.uk>

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(End)                                          Patricia Bauer [CDS]  01-Feb-2002

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