Dust-Polarization Maps for Local Interstellar Turbulence

Alexei G Kritsuk1, Raphael Flauger1, Sergey D Ustyugov2

  • 1University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0424, USA.

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