Impact Spectropolarimetric Sensing

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Physics of Atoms and Molecules

ISBN: 0306458926
ISBN 13: 9780306458927
Autor: Kazantsev, Sergi/Firstova, Natalia M/Petrashen, Alexander G
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xi, 361 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.1999
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: GEB
Artikelnummer: 1503380 Kategorie:

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Inhaltsangabe1. Physical Introduction: Concepts, Phenomenology, Retrospectives, Applications.- 1.1. Polarization of Atomic Ensembles in Ionized Media.- 1.2. Polarization of Solar Flare Emission.- 1.3. Impact Polarization.- 1.4. Gas Discharge Studies.- 1.5. Collisional Kinetics of Polarization.- 1.6. Spectropolarimetric Sensing.- 1.7. Polarization Effects in the Earth Atmosphere.- 2. Polarization of a Photon Beam.- 2.1. Introduction.- 2.2. Wave Function of a Photon.- 2.3. Momentum, Spin, and Parity of a Photon.- 2.4. Rotation Matrix.- 2.5. Spinors.- 2.6. Relationship between the Polarization Direction and Characteristics of a Photon.- 2.7. Relationship between Stokes Parameters and the Characteristics of an Optical Field.- 2.8. Concluding Remarks.- 3. Theory of Collisional Spectropolarimetric Effects.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. Density Matrix of an Atomic Ensemble.- 3.3. Polarization Density Matrix.- 3.4. Polarization Moments of the Density Matrix.- 3.5. Physical Meaning of Polarization Moments.- 3.6. Polarization Moments and Spectral Characteristics of an Atomic Ensemble.- 3.7. Density Matrix Relaxation Theory.- 3.8. Collisional Evolution of Polarization Moments.- 3.9. Interaction with an Electromagnetic Field.- 3.10. Impact Alignment Cross Section.- 3.11. Anisotropic Collisional Relaxation of Excited Hydrogen Atoms.- 3.12. Spectropolarimetric Effects for Angular Correlation Experiments.- 3.13. Concluding Remarks.- 4. Fast Particle Collision with a Heavy Atomic Target.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Born Expansion of the Scattering Amplitude.- 4.3. The Glauber Approximation.- 4.4. The System of Impact Parameter Equations.- 4.5. Concluding Remarks.- 5. Theory of Anisotropic Collisional Relaxation.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Symmetry of the Collisional Relaxation Cross Section Matrix.- 5.3. Rate Constants of Collisional Relaxation in Case of Partial Anisotropy.- 5.4. Distribution Functions of Relative Velocities.- 5.5. Collisional Relaxation of Polarization Moments under Intermultiplet Mixing.- 5.6. Anisotropie Collisional Alignment of a Narrow Multiplet.- 5.7. Anisotropie Relaxation and Polarization of Light.- 5.8. Depolarizing Collisions with Charged Particles.- 5.9. Concluding Remarks.- 6. Theory of Charge Exchange Polarization.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Theory of an Electron in the Field of Two Coulomb Centers.- 6.3. Distorted Wave Approximation Theory.- 6.4. Pseudolevel Technique for Computing the Polarization of Ions.- 6.5. Concluding Remarks.- 7. Spectropolarimeters for Solar Problems.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Spectropolarimetric Techniques of Meudon Observatory (France).- 7.3. Polarimetric Observations in the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (Ukraine).- 7.4. The Spectropolarimeter of the Institute of Solar and Terrestrial Physics (Irkutsk, Russia).- 7.5. Solar Spectropolarimeter of Sacramento Peak Observatory (USA).- 7.6. Concluding Remarks.- 8. Solar Flare Observations at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (Ukraine).- 8.1. Introduction.- 8.2. Technique of Observation and Data Processing.- 8.3. Degree of Polarization along the Hydrogen H? Line.- 8.4. Spatial Distribution of the Degree of Polarization.- 8.5. Orientation of the Polarization Plane.- 8.6. Concluding Remarks.- 9. Observations of Polarization Effects at the Irkutsk Institute of Solar and Terrestrial Physics (Russia).- 9.1. Introduction.- 9.2. Spectropolarimetric Parameters of H? and H? Lines for the Flare on 15.09.1981.- 9.3. Spectropolarimetric Parameters of the Active Region 5669 (SGD) on 07.09.1989.- 9.4. Detection of the Linear Polarization of the Flare on 16.05.1991.- 9.5. Concluding Remarks.- 10. Solar Flare Observations at Meudon Observatory (France).- 10.1. Introduction.- 10.2. Linear Polarization of Emission of the Flare on 17.05.1980.- 10.3. Spectropolarimetric Effects of the Flare on 15.07.1980.- 10.4. Spectropolarimetric Features of Three Flares on 11.07.1982.- 10.5. Polarization Effects of the Emission of Two Flares on 17.07.1982.- 10.6. Concluding Remarks.- 11.

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