Explaining the observed polarization from brown dwarfs by single dust scattering

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 585, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages

  Sengupta, Sujan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Polarization; Scattering; Stars: atmospheres; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042882800     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374305     Document Type: Article

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