Stellar Polarimetry - Hardcover

Clarke, D

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3527408959 ISBN 13: 9783527408955

Verlag: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 2009

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WRITTEN BY AN EXPERIENCED TEACHER AND AUTHOR, THIS MUST–HAVE SOURCE FOR WORK WITH POLARIMETRIC EQUIPMENT AND POLARIMETRY IN ASTRONOMY CONVEYS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES NEEDED TO MEASURE AND INTERPRET POLARIZATIONS. AS SUCH, THIS MONOGRAPH OFFERS A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND REFRESHER, WHILE ALSO COVERING IN DETAIL STATISTICS AND DATA TREATMENT AS WELL AS TELESCOPE OPTICS. FOR ASTRONOMERS, PHYSICISTS AND THOSE WORKING IN THE OPTICAL INDUSTRY.

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To many astrophysicists, Stellar Polarimetry is a Cinderella subject with insignificant interest and, at the same time, being so esoteric as to be ignored and left alone. Some have promoted the theme with an enthusiastic passion and to great reward. Such pioneers have shown that polarimetric studies within Astronomy have a strong role to play either in their own right, or in combination with other observational tools, as a diagnostic for understanding the behaviour of celestrial sources.

In his presentation of Stellar Polarimetry, the Chapter titles are listed as:

• Introduction and History
• The Polarization Ellipse
• The Algebra of Polarization
• The Stokes Parameters
• Polarization Statistics and Data Treatment
• The Basics of Polarimetric Elements
• Pre-Measurement Distortions
• Polarimetric Principles and Instruments
• Some Polarigenic Mechanisms
• Interstellar Polarization
• Binary Stars
• Stars with Magnetic Fields
• Early-Type Stars
• Late-Type Stars
• General Stellar Variability

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• Verlag: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 3527408959
• ISBN 13: 9783527408955
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 431