Polarization of radiation scattered by an inhomogeneous atmosphere

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Jan 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981afz....17...97l&link_type=abstract

(Astrofizika, vol. 17, Jan.-Mar. 1981, p. 97-108.) Astrophysics, vol. 17, no. 1, July 1981, p. 52-59. Translation.

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Astrophysics, Atmospheric Scattering, Polarized Electromagnetic Radiation, Stellar Atmospheres, Atmospheric Optics, Electromagnetic Absorption, Integral Equations, Optical Thickness

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The problem of determining the intensity and degree of polarization of radiation emerging from a semi-infinite medium with internal energy sources is considered. The radiation is assumed to be scattered in the medium in accordance with Rayleigh's law and to be absorbed. The problem has been solved in a previous work (Loskutov and Sobolev, 1979), in which the ratio of the scattering coefficient to the sum of the scattering coefficient and the coefficient of true absorption is constant in the atmosphere; here the ratio is assumed to decrease exponentially with optical depth. Linear integral equations are used to directly determine the intensity of radiation leaving the medium, and the results are used to determine the degree of polarization in stellar atmospheres.

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