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Calculations of the Linear Polarization of Inhomogeneous Relativistic Jets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

W. K. Cobb ,
J. F. C. Wardle  and
D. H. Roberts
W. K. Cobb
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254 USA
J. F. C. Wardle
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254 USA
D. H. Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254 USA

Abstract

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We have performed exact numerical calculations of the Stokes parameters I, Q, and U for optically and Faraday thick inhomogeneous relativistic jets. We consider how changes in Faraday depth, as well as in the observer-jet geometry, change the resolved and unresolved properties of the jet.

Type
Extragalactic
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 129: The Impact of VLBI on Astrophysics and Geophysics , 1988 , pp. 153 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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