Resonance line polarization in spherical atmospheres

dc.contributor.author	Nagendra, K. N
dc.date.accessioned	2007-07-27T05:53:42Z
dc.date.available	2007-07-27T05:53:42Z
dc.date.issued	1988-12
dc.identifier.citation	APJ, Vol. 335, pp. 269-289	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/1748
dc.description.abstract	The basic features of the resonance line polarization in spherically symmetric media are examined using simple physical and atmospheric models, with special consideration given to the two-level atom line polarization transfer in spherical geometry. The dependence of the resonance line polarization on the physical parameters of the two-level atom formulation and on the global parameters (such as extendedness, the opacity law in a spherical medium, and the boundary conditions) is investigated. It is found that the polarization in the resonance line is substantially affected by the the sphericity and the extendedness	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Chicago Press	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988ApJ...335..269N	en
dc.subject	Stellar atmosphere	en
dc.subject	Gaint stars	en
dc.title	Resonance line polarization in spherical atmospheres	en
dc.type	Article	en