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When Magnetic Fields Sculpt the Sky: The Riegel–Crutcher Cloud in Optical Polarization

  • Authors: Gabriel A. P. Franco, Mayara Gomides, Zhi-Yun Li, Fábio P. Santos, Farideh S. Tabatabaei

Gabriel A. P. Franco et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1004 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 10.

Distribution of the angular differences Δθ = θstellar − θRHT. The histogram shows the observed frequency of angle offsets between the stellar polarization and the RHT-derived orientations. The red solid line represents the best-fitting skew-t distribution, which provides an excellent description of the asymmetric shape and extended tails of the data. The distribution is strongly peaked near zero, indicating a high degree of alignment between the two tracers, with a slight skewness reflecting residual systematic deviations.

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