Theoretical models for producing circularly polarized radiation in extragalactic radio sources

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 143-153

  Wardle, John F C ^a   Homan, Daniel C ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: jets; Galaxies: magnetic fields,; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842480682     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ASTR.0000005001.80514.0c     Document Type: Article

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