Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry
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
Product details
January 2002Hardback
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.