Journal article
The generation and transformation of polarization signals in molecular lines through collective anisotropic resonant scattering
Abstract
ABSTRACT
We discuss the existence of elliptical polarization in rotational spectral lines of CO and other molecules within the context of the Anisotropic Resonant Scattering (ARS) model. We show that the effect of ARS on the radiation field can lead to not only the previously predicted transformation of background linear polarization into circular polarization (i.e. Faraday conversion) but also the occurrence of Faraday …
Authors
Houde M; Lankhaar B; Rajabi F; Chamma MA
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 511, No. 1, pp. 295–315
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
February 1, 2022
DOI
10.1093/mnras/stab3806
ISSN
0035-8711