In this paper an attempt has been made to compute cross-polarization of millimeter waves in the 30-35 GHz frequency range due to rain. Laws and Parson’s drop size distributions for oblate spheroid drops at 20°C ITU-R (2002) model has been used to predict cross-polarization discrimination (XPD) for circular polarization. The study includes a number of earth stations in India, namely, Ahmedabad, ...

The flow due to torsional oscillations of a disk about a steady rotation in an elastico-viscous fluid which is also rotating has been analyzed. The flow is characterized by two circularly polarized waves travelling with different velocities. It is found that the depth of penetration or wave length decreases for and increases for where is the elastic parameter and is the frequency parameter. The...

Reference RF and timing systems were developed at SPring-8 in order to handle beams in a stable and flexible manner under various conditions of machine operation. A synchronous universal counter plays an essential role in the timing system. Here, the method to realize highprecision timing is described, as well as the tools that were required to confirm that the system operates as designed. Furt...

We conducted a Very Large Array survey of eleven low luminosity active galactic nuclei for linear and circular polarization at 8.4 GHz. We detected circular polarization in one source (M81*) and linear polarization in 3 sources. Sensitivity limits were ∼ 0.1% for both modes of polarization in 9 of 11 sources. The detections confirm the importance of nonthermal emission in LLAGN. However, detect...

We report the results of parsec-scale, multi-frequency VLBA observations of the core region of 3C 279 in Stokes I, linear polarization, and circular polarization. These full polarization spectra are modeled by radiative transfer simulations to constrain the magnetic field and particle properties of the parsec-scale jet in 3C 279. We find that the polarization properties of the core region, incl...

Spectropolarimetry of intact plant leaves allows to probe the molecular architecture of vegetation photosynthesis in a non-invasive and non-destructive way and, as such, can offer a wealth of physiological information. In addition to the molecular signals due to the photosynthetic machinery, the cell structure and its arrangement within a leaf can create and modify polarization signals. Using M...