1st Edition
Propagation and Polarization of Radiation in Cosmic Media
396 Pages
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CRC Press
Cosmic media are in most cases nonuniform and anisotropic. Examples include stellar envelopes and atmospheres, especially those with strong internal magnetic fields and interstellar gas and dust clouds. Radiation from these objects is polarized. This book is directly concerned with the effects of anisotropy and nonuniformity of cosmic media on the polarization and propagation of stellar and... Read more
Preface, Chapter 1. The Basic Characteristics of Radiation, Chapter 2. Scattering of Radiation by Individual Particles, Chapter 4. Polarization of Radiation Emitted by Stars and Stellar Envelopes, Chapter 5. Radiation in a Plasma in a Strong Magnetic Field, Chapter 6. Propagation and Polarization of Radiation in Gas-Dust Cosmic Media, Appendix A. Cyclic Coordinates and Basic Properties of the Wigner Rotation Matrix, Appendix B. Single Scattering of Radiation by Axially Oriented Particles, Author Index, Subject Index
Biography
A.Z. Dolginov Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, USA. Yu.N. Gnedin and N.A. Silant’ev Central Astronomical Observatory, Pulkovo, St. Petersburg, Russia.
