Astr 501 | Lecture 10 | Spring 2013
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
Astronomy 501
Lecture 10, Feb 6 Spring 2013

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Classical Electromagnetic Radiation

Plane Waves

  • wavelike solutions; sketch
  • time-averaged quantities

Polarization

  • linear, circular, elliptical
  • quasi-monochromatic waves and partial polarization
  • awesomest example: the CMB

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