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Trujillo Bueno, J.; Del Pino Alemán, T.; Belluzzi, L.
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Volume 305, pp. 127-135
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2015
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This paper highlights very recent advances concerning the identification
of new mechanisms that introduce polarization in spectral lines, which
turn out to be key for understanding some of the most enigmatic
scattering polarization signals of the solar visible spectrum. We also
show a radiative transfer prediction on the scattering polarization
pattern across the Mg ii h & k lines, whose radiation can only be
observed from space.
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Magnetism, Polarization and Radiative Transfer in Astrophysics
Magnetic fields pervade all astrophysical plasmas and govern most of the variability in the Universe at intermediate time scales. They are present in stars across the whole Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, in galaxies, and even perhaps in the intergalactic medium. Polarized light provides the most reliable source of information at our disposal for the
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