TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clarke,D.
ED  - Wiley InterScience (Online service)
TI  - Stellar polarimetry
SN  - 9783527628322
AV  - QB468 .C53 2010
U1  - 522.65 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Weinheim
PB  - Wiley-VCH
KW  - Polarimetry
KW  - Polarization (Light)
KW  - Equipment and supplies
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Sky Observation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Stern
KW  - swd
KW  - Polarimetrie
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- History ₆ Mathematics ₆ Instruments ₆ Observational Procedures ₆ Polarigenic Mechanisms. Part Introduction -- Introduction and History -- The Polarization Ellipse -- The Algebra of Polarization -- The Stokes Parameters -- Polarization Statistics and Data Treatment -- The Basics of Polarimetric Elements -- Pre-Measurement Distortions -- Polarimetric Principles and Instruments -- Some Polarigenic Mechanisms -- The Interstellar Medium ₆ Binary Stars ₆ Early and Late Type Stars ₆ Variable Stars. Part Introduction -- Interstellar Polarization -- Binary Stars -- Stars with Magnetic Fields -- Early-Type Stars -- Late-Type Stars -- General Stellar Variability -- Appendices. Appendix A: The Fresnel Laws -- Appendix B: Papers of the Series -- Appendix C: Reference Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Author Index -- Cited Stars/Objects -- General Index
N2  - Written by an experienced teacher and author, this must-have source for work with polarimetric equipment and polarimetry in astronomy conveys the knowledge of the technology and techniques needed to measure and interpret polarizations. As such, this monograph offers a brief introduction and refresher, while also covering in detail statistics and data treatment as well as telescope optics. For astronomers, physicists and those working in the optical industry
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527628322
ER  -