The Galactic Interstellar Medium Has a Preferred Handedness of Magnetic Misalignment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Software
3. Stacking the Dust Maps
4. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Note
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
Abbreviations
CDM | Lambda cold dark matter |
CMB | cosmic microwave background |
MHD | magneto-hydrodynamic |
ISM | interstellar medium |
1 | For the stacking in the present work, the difference between and is actually unimportant. |
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Huang, Z. The Galactic Interstellar Medium Has a Preferred Handedness of Magnetic Misalignment. Universe 2022, 8, 423. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8080423
Huang Z. The Galactic Interstellar Medium Has a Preferred Handedness of Magnetic Misalignment. Universe. 2022; 8(8):423. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8080423
Chicago/Turabian StyleHuang, Zhiqi. 2022. "The Galactic Interstellar Medium Has a Preferred Handedness of Magnetic Misalignment" Universe 8, no. 8: 423. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8080423