Polarimetry of Stars and Planetary Systems (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Kolokolova, Ludmilla

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Summarising the striking advances of the last two decades, this reliable introduction to modern astronomical polarimetry provides a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art techniques, models and research methods. Focusing on optical and near-infrared wavelengths, each detailed, up-to-date chapter addresses a different facet of recent innovations, including new instrumentation, techniques and theories; new methods based on laboratory studies, enabling the modelling of polarimetric characteristics for a wide variety of astronomical objects; emerging fields of polarimetric exploration, including proto-planetary and debris discs, icy satellites, transneptunian objects, exoplanets, and the search for extraterrestrial life; and unique results produced by space telescopes, and polarimeters aboard exploratory spacecraft. With contributions from an international team of accomplished researchers, this is an ideal resource for astronomers and researchers working in astrophysics, earth sciences, and remote sensing keen to learn more about this valuable diagnostic tool. The book is dedicated to the memory of renowned polarimetrist Tom Gehrels.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316288320
• Artikelnr.: 42936446

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Preface Ludmilla Kolokolova, James Hough and
Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd; 2. The life of Tom Gehrels Neil Gehrels,
George Gehrels, Jo-Ann Gehrels and Aleida Gehrels; Part II. Theory,
Instrumentation, Laboratory Studies: 3. Measurement and modelling of
electromagnetic scattering by particles and particle groups Michael I.
Mishchenko; 4. Instrumentation Christoph U. Keller, Frans Snik, David M.
Harrington and Chris Packham; 5. Laboratory studies Anny-Chantal
Levasseur-Regourd, Jean-Baptiste Renard, Yuriy Shkuratov and Edith
Hadamcik; 6. Grain alignment: role of radiative torques and paramagnetic
relaxation Alexander Lazarian, B.-G. Andersson and Thiem Hoang; 7. Multiple
scattering of light in particulate planetary media Karri Muinonen, Antti
Penttilä and Gorden Videen; 8. Experimental scattering matrices of clouds
of randomly oriented particles Olga Muñoz and Joop W. Hovenier; Part III.
Stars and their Environment: 9. Interstellar polarization Terry Jay Jones
and Douglas C. B. Whittet; 10. Young stellar objects and their environment
Motohide Tamura and Jungmi Kwon; 11. T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be stars Pierre
Bastien; 12. Magnetic fields in high-mass star forming regions Antonio
Chrysostomou, Martin Houde and Brenda C. Matthews; 13. Evolved stars Tim
Gledhill; 14. Stellar magnetic fields Stefano Bagnulo and John D.
Landstreet; 15. Imaging of protoplanetary and debris disks Marshall D.
Perrin, Dean C. Hines, John P. Wisniewski and Glenn Schneider; Part IV.
Solar System: 16. The Sun Jan O. Stenflo; 17. Terrestrial planets Vadim
Kaydash, Yuriy Shkuratov, Michael Wolff and Gorden Videen; 18. The Moon
Yuriy Shkuratov, Nikolay Opanasenko, Viktor Korokhin and Gorden Videen; 19.
Gas giant planets, Saturn's rings, and Titan Robert West, Padma
Yanamandra-Fisher and Viktor Korokhin; 20. Icy moons of the outer planets
Vera Rosenbush, Nikolai Kiselev and Viktor Afanasiev; 21. Asteroids Alberto
Cellino, Ricardo Gil-Hutton and Irina Belskaya; 22. Comets Nikolai Kiselev,
Vera Rosenbush, Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd and Ludmilla Kolokolova; 23.
Transneptunian objects and Centaurs Irina Belskaya and Stefano Bagnulo; 24.
Interplanetary dust Jérémie Lasue, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd and
Alexander Lazarian; Part V. Exoplanets and Exobiology: 25. Exoplanets
Sloane J. Wiktorowicz and Daphne M. Stam; 26. Astrobiology William Sparks,
James Hough and Ludmilla Kolokolova; Appendix A. Polarimetric definitions
for astronomy.