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Polarization of Galactic Background Light in the Visible Spectral Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2017

Ch. Leinert
Ch. Leinert*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie Königstuhl 17, D-6900 Heidelberg FRG

Abstract

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This is a summary of the few observations available to date. Although there remain doubts concerning the reliability of most of the published results, a linear polarization of a few percent, perpendicular to the galactic plane, is indicated. Therefore, scattering of galactic light by interstellar dust appears to be the dominating source of galactic background polarization. There is a severe lack of model calculations, which would be needed for a physical interpretation of the data.

Type
II. Galactic Background Starlight from UV to IR: Observations and Models
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 139: The Galactic and Extragalactic Background Radiation , 1990 , pp. 75 - 84
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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