Interstellar polarization in an irregularly fluctuating medium

Details Interstellar polarization in an irregularly fluctuating medium Interstellar polarization in an irregularly fluctuating medium

Nov 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apj...234..140n&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 234, Nov. 15, 1979, p. 140-153.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Fluctuation Theory, Interstellar Extinction, Interstellar Matter, Linear Polarization, Optical Polarization, Eigenvalues, Radiative Transfer, Transfer Functions

Scientific paper

The interstellar polarization of starlight for an irregularly fluctuating medium is analyzed statistically. A general formulation is presented for the case in which the propagation distance s is larger than the coherence scale of the fluctuations. One specific result for randomly changing field direction is that the linear polarization saturates at a value which can be much less than unity, in agreement with observations.

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