Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs III. From uniform-density to clumpy regions

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Marin, Frederic - Goosmann, R. W. - Gaskell, C. M.
Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs III. From uniform-density to clumpy regions.
Astronomy & Astrophysics. Roč. 577, May (2015), A66/1-A66/14. ISSN 0004-6361. E-ISSN 1432-0746
Grant ostatní: EU(XE) COST action MP1104
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985815
Klíčová slova: active galaxies * polarization * radiative transfer
Obor OECD: Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)
Impakt faktor: 5.185, rok: 2015

We run radiative transfer models in the optical/UV for a variety of AGN reprocessing regions with different distributions of clumpy scattering media. We obtain geometry-sensitive polarization spectra and images to improve our previous AGN models and their comparison with the observations.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0270087