Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...424l..37w&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 424, no. 1, p. L37-L39
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17
Circular Polarization, Linear Polarization, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Masers, Mathematical Models, Radiative Heat Transfer, Star Formation, Angular Distribution, Angular Momentum, Gas Dynamics, Magnetic Fields, Molecular Energy Levels
Scientific paper
Fundamental alterations in the theory and resulting behavior of polarized, astrophysical maser radiation in the presence of a magnetic field have been asserted based on a calculation of instabilities in the radiative transfer. I reconsider the radiative transfer and find that the relevant instabilities do not occur. Calculational errors in the previous investigation are identified. In addition, such instabilities would have appeared -- but did not -- in the numerous numerical solutions to the same radiative transfer equations that have been presented in the literature. As a result, all modifications that have been presented in a recent series of papers (Elitzur 1991, 1993) to the theory for polarized maser radiation in the presence of a magnetic field are invalid. The basic theory is thus clarified.
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