Coronal Polarization

N. -E. Raouafi

Coronal Polarization

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2011-04-05 v1

Authors: N. -E. Raouafi

Abstract

We present an overview of the physical mechanisms responsible for the coronal polarization at different wavelength regimes. We also review different techniques using coronal polarization to determine various quantities necessary for understanding the thermodynamic properties of the solar coronal plasma. This includes the coronal magnetic field, electronic densities, temperatures, velocities, etc. The future needs to acquire better information on the solar corona using polarization will be outlined.

Keywords

solar corona polarization solar polarization

Cite

@article{arxiv.1104.0598,
  title  = {Coronal Polarization},
  author = {N. -E. Raouafi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.0598},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

8 pages, 5 figures, 6th Solar Polarization Workshop

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