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A New Limit to the Galactic Magnetic Field Set by Measurements of the Zeeman Splitting of the Hydrogen Line

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    R. D. DAVIES, C. H. SLATER, W. L. H. SHUTER & P. A. T. WILD

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DAVIES, R., SLATER, C., SHUTER, W. et al. A New Limit to the Galactic Magnetic Field Set by Measurements of the Zeeman Splitting of the Hydrogen Line. Nature 187, 1088–1089 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1871088a0

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