Circular polarization in relativistic jets

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Oct 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003newar..47..609m&link_type=abstract

New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 47, Issue 6-7, p. 609-612.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Polarization, Radiation Mechanisms: Nonthermal

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Circular polarization is observed in some relativistic jet sources at radio wavelengths. It is largely associated with activity in the cores of the radio sources, is highly variable, and is strongest during ejection episodes. VLBI imaging and interstellar scintillation arguments show that the degree of circular polarization is as high a few percent in some sources, and is associated with milliarcsecond and microarcsecond source structure. The circular polarization most likely originates as a result of conversion of linear polarization in the relativistic plasma surrounding the source. However, cyclotron or synchrotron emission can account for the magnitude of the circular polarization observed in some Galactic jet sources.

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