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...

Table of Contents:

• When Polarimetry Made History
• Introduction to Polarisation & Polarimetry
• Optical polarimetry: methods, instruments and calibration techniques
• X-ray Polarimetry (instrument/techniques/calibration)
• Gamma-ray polarimetry
• Polarimetric observations of the Sun
• Spectropolarimetry of stars across the H-R diagram
• Dust polarisation in the Interstellar Medium
• Optical polarimetry of small Solar System bodies: from asteroids to debris disks
• Polarimetry of binary systems: polars, magnetic CVs, XRBs
• Multi-Wavelength Polarimetry of Isolated Pulsars
• Polarimetry of Magnetars and Isolated Neutron Stars
• Magnetic Fields in Gamma-Ray Bursts and their Polarised Emission
• The panchromatic polarisation signatures of Active Galactic Nuclei.