Resonance Line Polarization for Arbitrary Magnetic Fields in Optically Thick Media - Part Two - Case of a Plane-Parallel Atmosphere and Absence of Zeeman Coherences

Details Resonance Line Polarization for Arbitrary Magnetic Fields in Optically Thick Media - Part Two - Case of a Plane-Parallel Atmosphere and Absence of Zeeman Coherences Resonance Line Polarization for Arbitrary Magnetic Fields in Optically Thick Media - Part Two - Case of a Plane-Parallel Atmosphere and Absence of Zeeman Coherences

Apr 1991

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 244, NO. 2/APRII, P. 401, 1991

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Lines Formation, Line Polarization, Hanle Effect, Zeeman Effect, Radiation Transfer, Solar Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Fields Measurements

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The general problem of resonance scattering for a two-level atom in a magnetized plane-parallel atmosphere is formulated by using the irreducible tensor representation of the atomic density matrix. A more general formalism presented in a previous paper (Paper I), convenient for taking into account arbitrary magnetic field effects (Zeeman effect as well as Hanle effect), is particularized in the present paper to the case of a "strong" magnetic field (Zeeman splitting much larger than the natural width of the upper level), and to the case of a unidimensional medium. A system of coupled integral equations, relating the density matrix elements at different depths in the atmosphere, is derived, and the properties of the relative kernels are discussed. It is shown that, in the limiting case of weak magnetic fields (VL ≪ ΔνD), the presence of atomic polarization induces a breakdown in the usual formula V(ν) = -gνL(dI/dν), that is commonly used for measuring magnetic fields from magnetograph-type observations.

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