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Interstellar Polarization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

K. Serkowski
K. Serkowski*
Affiliation:
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., U.S.A.

Abstract

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A review of observational data on interstellar polarization is given. The degree of fluctuation in the direction of the galactic magnetic field is discussed. An empirical formula is given which fits all the observations of the wavelength dependence of interstellar polarization when they are normalized with the wavelength λmax of maximum polarization. Well-defined regions on the sky with values of λmax deviating from an average are found. Values of λmax are correlated with the ratio of total to selective interstellar extinction. A unified wavelength dependence of interstellar extinction is obtained by normalizing the observations with the wavelength λmax of maximum interstellar polarization.

Type
Part IV Interstellar Polarization
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 52: Interstellar Dust and Related Topics , 1973 , pp. 145 - 152
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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