Circular Polarisation in AGN
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Circular Polarisation in AGN
We discuss the constraints that recent observations place on circular polarisation in AGN. In many sources the circular polarisation is variable on short timescales, indicating that it originates in compact regions of the sources. The best prospects for gleaning further information about circular polarisation are high resolution VLBI and scintillation ‘imaging’ which probe source structure on m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1323-3580,1448-6083
DOI: 10.1071/as01086