Solar Polarization
Subtitle: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 8-12 May 1995
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9789401065863
Subjects: Solar energy; Radiative transfer; Polarization (light); Astrophysics
Description: Much progress has been made in recent years in understanding the complex physics of polarized radiation in the sun and stars. This physics includes vector radiative transfer and spectral line formation in the presence of magnetic fields, scattering theory and coherence effects, partial redistribution and turbulent magnetic fields, numerical techniques and Stokes inversion, as well as concepts for polarimetric imaging with a precision limited only by photon statistics. The present volume gives a comprehensive and up-to-date account of this rapidly evolving field of science.