Apparent Brightness » Polarization http://apparentbrightness.net astronomy and stuff Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:07:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Polarization of Scattered Lyman Alpha Radiation Around High-Redshift Galaxies http://apparentbrightness.net/2007/11/20/the-polarization-of-scattered-lyman-alpha-radiation-around-high-redshift-galaxies/ http://apparentbrightness.net/2007/11/20/the-polarization-of-scattered-lyman-alpha-radiation-around-high-redshift-galaxies/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:32:25 +0000 Thomas http://apparentbrightness.net/2007/11/20/the-polarization-of-scattered-lyman-alpha-radiation-around-high-redshift-galaxies/
  • Dijkstra et al.
  • http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.2312
  • numerical study of how LyA photons scatter and become polarizes
  • difference for infall and outflow of gas
    • polarimetric measurements proposed
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