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Methods for Calculating Circular Polarisation in Magnetic White Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Brian Martin  and
D. T. Wickramasinghe
Brian Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, School of General Studies, Australian National University
D. T. Wickramasinghe
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, School of General Studies, Australian National University
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The problem of radiative transfer in the presence of a magnetic field may be formulated in terms of four interdependent differential equations for the four Stokes parameters I, Q, U and V (Hardorp et al. 1976)

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 3 , Issue 5 , 1979 , pp. 351 - 352
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1979

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