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Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry

Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry

Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry

J. Trujillo-Bueno, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife
F. Moreno-Insertis, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife
F. Sanchez, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife
January 2002
Unavailable - out of print March 2010
Hardback
9780521809986
Out of Print
Hardback

    This book contains the lectures delivered at the XII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics on Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry. It highlights how recent developments in theoretical astrophysics and astronomical instrumentation are leading an ever-growing number of astrophysicists to appreciate the enormous diagnostic potential offered by spectropolarimetry.

    • Each chapter written by an authority on the subject
    • Offers an unprecedented introduction to Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry

    Reviews & endorsements

    '… a welcome and absorbing addition to the special literature.' Tim Harris, The Observatory

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    Product details

    January 2002
    Hardback
    9780521809986
    368 pages
    257 × 181 × 26 mm
    0.915kg
    154 b/w illus. 9 tables
    Unavailable - out of print March 2010

    Table of Contents

    • 1.The physics of polarization E. Landi Degl'Innocenti
    • 2. Polarized radiation diagnostics of solar magnetic fields J. O.Stenflo
    • 3. Polarized radiation diagnostics of stellar magnetic fields G. Mathys
    • 4. Polarization insights for active galactic nuclei R. Antonucci
    • 5. Compact objects and accretion disks R. Blandford, E. Agol, A. Broderick, J. Heyl, L. Koopmans and H.-W. Lee
    • 6. Astronomical masers and their polarization M. Elitzur
    • 7. Interstellar magnetic fields and infrared-submillimeter spectropolarimetry R. H. Hildebrand
    • 8. Instrumentation for astrophysical spectropolarimetry C. U. Keller.
      Contributors
    • E. Landi Degl'Innocenti, J. O. Stenflo, G. Mathys, R. Antonucci, R. Blandford, E. Agol, A. Broderick, J. Heyl, L. Koopmans, H.-W. Lee, M. Elitzur; R. H. Hildebrand, C. U. Keller

    • Editors
    • J. Trujillo-Bueno , Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife

      Javier Trujillo Bueno is a senior scientist at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, where he combines his research activity in theoretical and observational spectropolarimetry with advanced lectures to PhD students. He is an expert in the field of the generation and transfer of polarized radiation in magnetized astrophysical plasmas, with present emphasis on solar and stellar magnetism.

    • F. Moreno-Insertis , Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife
    • F. Sanchez , Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife