of that environment. The polarization of starlight was first observed by the astronomers William Hiltner and John S. Hall in 1949. Subsequently, Jesse...

of polarization is on the order of 1.5% for stars at 1,000 parsecs' distance. Normally, a much smaller fraction of circular polarization is found in starlight...

programs Imperial smelting process, in zinc smelting Polarization in astronomy, interstellar polarization Specific impulse (Isp), a measure of rocket and jet...

In electrodynamics, circular polarization of an electromagnetic wave is a polarization state in which, at each point, the electromagnetic field of the...

Polarization (also polarisation) is a property of transverse waves which specifies the geometrical orientation of the oscillations. In a transverse wave...

observed this polarization on the star Regulus, which rotates at 96.5 percent of its critical angular velocity for breakup. Polarization in astronomy Ruciński...

result in vertical polarization; if turned on its side the same antenna's polarization will be horizontal. Reflections generally affect polarization. Radio...

variation in polarization. The polarisation at each direction in the sky has an orientation described in terms of E-mode and B-mode polarization. The E-mode...

(October 2005). "Mapping extreme-scale alignments of quasar polarization vectors". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 441 (3): 915–930. arXiv:astro-ph/0507274. Bibcode:2005A&A...

Zhang, S. N.; Zhang, Y. J. (2020). "The POLAR gamma-ray burst polarization catalog". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 644: A124. arXiv:2009.04871. Bibcode:2020A&A...

(2006). "The Magnetic Field in the Star-forming Region Cepheus a from Water Maser Polarization Observations". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 448 (2): 597–611...

(October 2005). "Mapping extreme-scale alignments of quasar polarization vectors". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 441 (3): 915–930. arXiv:astro-ph/0507274. Bibcode:2005A&A...

Observational astronomy is a division of astronomy that is concerned with recording data about the observable universe, in contrast with theoretical astronomy, which...

star sample. I. Overview: Sample characterization through polarization analysis". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 671: A96. arXiv:2301.02081. Bibcode:2023A&A...

Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies. The first detection of radio waves from an astronomical...

magnetic fields within the Sun, see: Polarization in astronomy Imaging spectroscopy The effect was initially considered in the context of gasses, followed...

In social psychology, group polarization refers to the tendency for a group to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its...

The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was an 80/20 joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to construct and...

of Arts degree in Astronomy in 1974. His master's thesis, Intracluster Dust and the Wavelength Dependence of Interstellar Polarization, focused on the...

is a physical magneto-optical phenomenon. The Faraday effect causes a polarization rotation which is proportional to the projection of the magnetic field...

A Lyot filter (polarization-interference monochromator, birefringent filter),: 106  named for its inventor and French astronomer Bernard Lyot, is a type...

should be linearly polarized and the linear polarization vector should reveal the magnetic field direction in the molecular cloud.  Even a μG magnetic field...

target objects and analyzing their reflections. Radar astronomy differs from radio astronomy in that the latter is a passive observation (i.e., receiving...

Polarimetry is the measurement and interpretation of the polarization of transverse waves, most notably electromagnetic waves, such as radio or light waves...

Polarization) and the Keck Array are a series of cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. They aim to measure the polarization of the CMB; in particular...

S2CID 119247573. Hu, Wayne; White, Martin (1997). "A CMB polarization primer". New Astronomy. 2 (4): 323–344. arXiv:astro-ph/9706147. Bibcode:1997NewA...

about the semi-regular variable V CVn from four decades of polarization measurements". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 568: A88. arXiv:1407.5644. Bibcode:2014A&A...

The effort includes development and deployment of submillimeter dual polarization receivers, highly stable frequency standards to enable very-long-baseline...

In astronomy, aberration (also referred to as astronomical aberration, stellar aberration, or velocity aberration) is a phenomenon where celestial objects...

between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, the sky is also called the celestial sphere. This is an abstract...