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It is suggested that when an interstellar cloud, with associated magnetic field, collapses to form stars, the magnetic energy is dissipated in the acceleration of particles, producing non-thermal radio sources, and that the latter have been observed in the galactic plane.
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HUGHES, V. Radio Observations of Pre-protostars. Nature 222, 733–735 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222733a0
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