Simulations of polarized dust emission

2006/09/07 by V.-M. Pelkonen, V. -M. Pelkonen, M. Juvela +2 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Computational physics #Magnetic field #Optics #Physics #Planck #Polarimetry #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Radiative transfer #Scattering #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Wavelength #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065838

published as Astron.Astrophys. 461 (2007) 551-564 · Accepted to A&A 31/08/2006. Replaced 07/09/2006 to make minor changes to make the author and affiliation list to conform to standards and tradition

arxiv created 2006/09/07 · openalex publication_date 2006/10/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims.The aim is to study the polarization of thermal dust emission to see if the alignment of the grain by radiative torques could explain the observed relation between the degree of polarization and intensity. Predictions are made for polarimetry observations with the Planck satellite.

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