Far-infrared Polarization Properties of Nearby Star-forming Regions: A New Compendium of SOFIA/HAWC+ Observations

arXiv:2603.09962 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-03-10 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-03-10

Updated: 2026-10-09

Terminology

• Core — 8× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 7× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Kuiper Airborne Observatory — 2× in this paper
• Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy — 2× in this paper
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Caltech Submilimeter Observatory — 1× in this paper
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Markov-Chain Monte Carlo — 1× in this paper
• NASA Astrophysics Decadal Survey Precursor Science — 1× in this paper
• Stellar Feedback — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• The Magnetic Keys to Massive Star Formation: The Western $\eta$ Carinae Giant Molecular Cloud
• Radio survey of the stellar population in the infrared dark cloud G14.225-0.506
• Magnetic fields in star formation: from clouds to cores
• Magnetic Fields in the Pillars of Creation

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