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alignment of spinning interstellar dust grains with the magnetic field by paramagnetic relaxation, proposed to explain starlight polarization.

In astrophysics, Davis-Greenstein mechanism refers to alignment of spinning interstellar dust grains with the magnetic field by paramagnetic relaxation, proposed to explain starlight polarization. This meaning comes from Davis (1951) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Davis, L. J., & Greenstein, J. L. (1951). The Polarization of Starlight by Aligned Dust Grains. The Astrophysical Journal, 114, 206. https://doi.org/10.1086/145464

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