Astr 501 | Lecture 13 | Spring 2013
Joseph John Thomson
Astronomy 501
Lecture 13, Feb 11 Spring 2013

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Radiation by Accelerated Charges: Polarization

Thompson Scattering

  • angular distribution, total power
  • cross section
  • polarization
  • awesomest Thomson polarization example--CMB:
    theory and WMAP stacked data compared
WMAP polarization:  theory vs experiment

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