Astronomical Polarisation from the Infrared to Gamma Rays
This book serves as both a primer to astronomical polarimetry and an authoritative overview of its application to various types of astronomical objects from AGN, compact stars, binary systems, stars across the HR diagram, transients, the interstellar medi
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Roberto Mignani Andrew Shearer Agnieszka Słowikowska Silvia Zane Editors
Astronomical Polarisation from the Infrared to Gamma Rays
Astrophysics and Space Science Library Volume 460
Series Editor Steven N. Shore, Dipartimento di Fisica “Enrico Fermi”, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
The Astrophysics and Space Science Library is a series of high-level monographs and edited volumes covering a broad range of subjects in Astrophysics, Astronomy, Cosmology, and Space Science. The authors are distinguished specialists with international reputations in their fields of expertise. Each title is carefully supervised and aims to provide an in-depth understanding by offering detailed background and the results of state-of-the-art research. The subjects are placed in the broader context of related disciplines such as Engineering, Computer Science, Environmental Science, and Nuclear and Particle Physics. The ASSL series offers a reliable resource for scientific professional researchers and advanced graduate students. Series Editor: STEVEN N. SHORE, Dipartimento di Fisica “Enrico Fermi”, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy Advisory Board: F. BERTOLA, University of Padua, Italy C. J. CESARSKY, Commission for Atomic Energy, Saclay, France P. EHRENFREUND, Leiden University, The Netherlands O. ENGVOLD, University of Oslo, Norway E. P. J. VAN DEN HEUVEL, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands V. M. KASPI, McGill University, Montreal, Canada J. M. E. KUIJPERS, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands H. VAN DER LAAN, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands P. G. MURDIN, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK B. V. SOMOV, Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia R. A. SUNYAEV, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany
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Roberto Mignani • Andrew Shearer • Agnieszka Słowikowska • Silvia Zane Editors
Astronomical Polarisation from the Infrared to Gamma Rays
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Editors Roberto Mignani INAF/IASF - Milan Milan, Italy
Agnieszka Słowikowska Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics Center for Astronomy Nicolaus Copernicus University Toru´n, Poland
Andrew Shearer School of Physics National University of Ireland Galway Galway, Ireland Silvia Zane Mullard Space Science Laboratory University College London Dorking, UK
ISSN 0067-0057 ISSN 2214-7985 (electronic) Astrophysics and Space Science Library ISBN 978-3-030-19714-8 ISBN 978-3-030-19715-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19715-5 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered n
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