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Polarization of Radio Sources. II. Faraday Effect in the Case of Quasitransverse Propagation

Under the conditions of quasitransverse propagation of electromagnetic
waves in a magnetoionic plasma, the effect analogous to Faraday
rotation in the quasilongítudinal case (which we will call Faraday pulsation)
can produce a large elliptical polarization of originally linearly
polarized radiation. Therefore, the presence of elliptical polarization
in the radiation cannot serve as a means for distinguishing between a
synchrotron mechanism with high energy electrons and any other type of
emission process in radio sources in which conditions suggesting quasi -
transverse propagation (large magnetic fields) may take place. The
Faraday pulsation has a wavelength dependence through which it can be
identified.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/623879
Date January 1970
CreatorsPacholczyk, A. G., Swihart, T. L.
ContributorsUniv Arizona, Steward Observ
PublisherSteward Observatory, The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext, Article
SourceSteward Observatory Parker Library SO QB 4 .S752 ARCH
RightsCopyright © All Rights Reserved.
RelationPreprints of the Steward Observatory #25, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1970ApJ...161..415P&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=&high=3ed65e9cd013828

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