Circular polarization variability in extragalactic sources on time scales of months to decades

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 17-28

  Aller, Hugh D ^a   Aller, Margo F ^a   Plotkin, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular polarization; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044298193     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ASTR.0000004990.22510.53     Document Type: Article

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