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Modelling the Polarization from Accretion Disks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

O. J. Dittmann
O. J. Dittmann*
Affiliation:
Institut für TheoretischeAstrophysik der Universität Heidelberg, Tiergartenstr. 15 D-69121 Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

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The 3D transfer equation for polarized radiation is solved for several different model configurations. In the case of Rayleigh scattering the phasematrix is decomposed into a sum of matrix products to allow the use of operator splitting iteration schemes. For 30 slabs with constant extinction matrix and constant emission the emerging polarized fiuxe are calculated. We find that the optical depth and the scattering parameter can be fixed from observations even if only the fluxes are known. Specifying the extinction matrix our models can be applied to the inner regions of active galactic nuclei.

Type
Part 10. Accretion Disks and Outflows
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 163: Accretion Phenomena and Related Outflows , 1997 , pp. 461 - 464
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1997

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