Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Historical introduction
- 2 A review of some basic concepts
- 3 The polarization properties of quasi-monochromatic light
- 4 Linear optical systems acting on polarized light
- 5 Solar polarimetry
- 6 Absorption and dispersion
- 7 The radiative transfer equation
- 8 The RTE in the presence of a magnetic field
- 9 Solving the radiative transfer equation
- 10 Stokes spectrum diagnostics
- 11 Inversion of the RTE
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Historical introduction
- 2 A review of some basic concepts
- 3 The polarization properties of quasi-monochromatic light
- 4 Linear optical systems acting on polarized light
- 5 Solar polarimetry
- 6 Absorption and dispersion
- 7 The radiative transfer equation
- 8 The RTE in the presence of a magnetic field
- 9 Solving the radiative transfer equation
- 10 Stokes spectrum diagnostics
- 11 Inversion of the RTE
- Index
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- Introduction to Spectropolarimetry , pp. xv - xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003