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Science 11 August 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5788, pp. 771 - 772
DOI: 10.1126/science.1131667
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ASTRONOMY:
Testing Star Formation Theory

Richard M. Crutcher

The importance of magnetic fields for the formation of stars, such as the Sun, is supported by measurements of polarized radio waves from dust particles near a newly forming star.

The author is in the Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois, 1002 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. E-mail: crutcher{at}uiuc.edu

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