Probing dust in the atmosphere of brown dwarfs through polarization

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 561, Issue 1 PART 2, 2001, Pages

  Sengupta, Sujan ^a   Krishan, Vinod ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Polarization; Radiative transfer; Scattering; Stars: atmospheres; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035510995     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324559     Document Type: Article

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