Polarization of scattered light in globular clusters

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Dec 1981

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 251, Dec. 1, 1981, p. 108-112. Research supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering R

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Globular Clusters, Light Scattering, Optical Polarization, Rayleigh Scattering, Astronomical Models, Galactic Clusters, Optical Thickness, Polarization Characteristics

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It is shown by a simple model that the polarization of light scattered from Rayleigh scatterers such as dust particles, in patches in globular clusters, should under certain circumstances be observable. A search for such polarization of radiation from the dark patches in M3, M13 and M15 led to a tentative detection of the phenomenon in M15, at a value of 0.22% + or - 0.06%. The model calculations examine scattering by a small, optically thin cloud of dust embedded in a spherically symmetric cluster, in that plane perpendicular to the line of sight which contains the cluster center.

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