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Polarization Measurements of Distant Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

R. G. Conway*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank

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Polarization measurements, in addition to their interest for deciphering the internal physics of radio sources, are relevant to cosmology because estimates of ne, the thermal electron density, may be obtained from measurements of the Faraday effect. We have:-

Type
VII. More Interpretation of Cosmological Information on Radio Sources
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1977 

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