Polarization Vector Rotations: Real, Spurious, Hidden and Imaginary

Large and variable polarization is an inherent property of a majority of blazars. Systematic rotations of the polarization vector have been claimed for several blazars. In some cases, however, the reality of these rotations may be questionable. We suggest an additional method for the verification of...

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Main Authors:	Larionov, Valeri, Jorstad, Svetlana, Marscher, Alan, Smith, Paul
Other Authors:	Univ Arizona, Steward Observ
Language:	en
Published:	MDPI AG 2016
Subjects:	blazars polarimetry methods of analysis
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622696 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/622696

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spelling	ndltd-arizona.edu-oai-arizona.openrepository.com-10150-6226962017-03-03T03:00:44Z Polarization Vector Rotations: Real, Spurious, Hidden and Imaginary Larionov, Valeri Jorstad, Svetlana Marscher, Alan Smith, Paul Univ Arizona, Steward Observ blazars polarimetry methods of analysis Large and variable polarization is an inherent property of a majority of blazars. Systematic rotations of the polarization vector have been claimed for several blazars. In some cases, however, the reality of these rotations may be questionable. We suggest an additional method for the verification of the reality of polarization position angle rotations based on the correlation of the normalized Stokes parameters. 2016-10-11 Article Polarization Vector Rotations: Real, Spurious, Hidden and Imaginary 2016, 4 (4):43 Galaxies 2075-4434 10.3390/galaxies4040043 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622696 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/622696 Galaxies en http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/4/4/43 © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0). MDPI AG
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description	Large and variable polarization is an inherent property of a majority of blazars. Systematic rotations of the polarization vector have been claimed for several blazars. In some cases, however, the reality of these rotations may be questionable. We suggest an additional method for the verification of the reality of polarization position angle rotations based on the correlation of the normalized Stokes parameters.
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title	Polarization Vector Rotations: Real, Spurious, Hidden and Imaginary
title_short	Polarization Vector Rotations: Real, Spurious, Hidden and Imaginary
title_full	Polarization Vector Rotations: Real, Spurious, Hidden and Imaginary
title_fullStr	Polarization Vector Rotations: Real, Spurious, Hidden and Imaginary
title_full_unstemmed	Polarization Vector Rotations: Real, Spurious, Hidden and Imaginary
title_sort	polarization vector rotations: real, spurious, hidden and imaginary
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2016
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622696 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/622696
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Polarization Vector Rotations: Real, Spurious, Hidden and Imaginary

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