Astronomical Polarisation from the Infrared to Gamma Rays

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mignani, Roberto (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shearer, Andrew (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Słowikowska, Agnieszka (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Zane, Silvia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 460
• Subjects: Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Astrophysics.; Solar system.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Solar and Heliospheric Physics .

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 medium and solar system bodies. It starts with an...