Monte Carlo simulations of dusty spiral galaxies: Extinction and polarization properties

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 465, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 127-144

  Bianchi, Simone ^a,b   Ferrara, Andrea ^a,b   Giovanardi, Carlo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Galaxies: Ism; Galaxies: Spiral; Polarization; Radiative transfer; Scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042145184     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177407     Document Type: Article

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