NASA NTRS · 19800054245
Interstellar polarization in an irregularly fluctuating medium
Abstract
The interstellar polarization of starlight for an irregularly fluctuating medium is analyzed statistically. A general formulation is presented for the case in which the propagation distance s is larger than the coherence scale of the fluctuations. One specific result for randomly changing field direction is that the linear polarization saturates at a value which can be much less than unity, in agreement with observations.
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Nee, S. F., Jokipii, J. R.. 1979-11-15. Interstellar polarization in an irregularly fluctuating medium. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19800054245
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