Modeling the Polarization of Dusty Scattering Cones in Active Galactic Nuclei
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We have used the STOKES radiative transfer code, to model polarization induced by dust scattering in the polar regions of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). We discuss the wavelength-dependence of the spectral intensity and polarization over the optical/UV range at different viewing angles for two different types of dust: a Galactic dust model, and a dust model inferred from extinction properties of AGN. The STOKES code and documentation are freely available at http://www.stokes-program.info/.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0701163,
title = {Modeling the Polarization of Dusty Scattering Cones in Active Galactic Nuclei},
author = {Rene W. Goosmann and C. Martin Gaskell and M. Shoji},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0701163},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
2 pages, 1 figure, conference proceedings of the AGN meeting held in October 2006 in Xi'an, China. To appear in "The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei", ed. L. C. Ho and J.-M. Wang (San Francisco: ASP)