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Advances in Astronomy
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 351836, 15 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/351836
Review Article
Observations of the Polarisation of the Anomalous Microwave Emission: A Review
1Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), C/Vía Láctea s/n, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
2Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Received 13 August 2012; Accepted 10 October 2012
Academic Editor: Clive Dickinson
Copyright © 2012 J. A. Rubiño-Martín et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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