Polarization Profiles of Scattered Emission Lines. I. General Formalism for Optically Thin Rayleigh Scattering

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1994-03-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9403025v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

18 pages, LaTeX, (uuencoded compressed postscript figures [648kB] available from author [will@astroscu.unam.mx]), accepted for

Scientific paper

10.1086/174140

A general theoretical framework is developed for interpreting spectropolarimetric observations of optically thin emission line scattering from small dust particles. Spatially integrated and spatially resolved line profiles of both scattered intensity and polarization are calculated analytically from a variety of simple kinematic models. These calculations will provide a foundation for further studies of emission line scattering from dust and electrons in such diverse astrophysical environments as Herbig-Haro objects, symbiotic stars, starburst galaxies and active galactic nuclei.

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