Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry
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Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry

Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry


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The polarization of light is the key to obtaining a wealth of essential information that lies encoded in the electromagnetic radiation from cosmic objects. Spectropolarimetry and imaging polarimetry provide powerful diagnostics of the physical conditions in astrophysical plasmas, which cannot be obtained via conventional spectroscopy. Whilst its application to other fields of astrophysics is still at an early stage of development, spectropolarimetry is being used with great success in solar physics. The book contains the lectures delivered at the XII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics. Written by eight prestigious astrophysics researchers, it covers the physics of polarization, polarized radiation diagnostics of solar magnetic fields, stellar magnetic fields, polarization insights for active galactic nuclei, compact objects and accretion disks, astronomical masers and their polarization, infrared-submillimeter spectropolarimetry, and instrumentation for astrophysical spectropolarimetry. This timely volume will provide graduate students and researchers with an unprecedented introduction to the field of Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry.

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.

About the Author :
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.

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


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780521809986
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 257 mm
  • No of Pages: 368
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  • Weight: 915 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0521809983
  • Publisher Date: 20 Dec 2001
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
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  • Spine Width: 26 mm
  • Width: 181 mm


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