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| Paper: |
Multi-Dimensional Polarized Radiative Transfer: Methods and Solar Applications |
| Volume: |
489, Solar Polarization 7 |
| Page: |
225 |
| Authors: |
Anusha, L. S.; Nagendra, K. N. |
| Abstract: |
Observations of the Sun using modern telescopes as well as numerical
simulations of the Sun reveal existence of enormous
inhomogeneous structures in the solar atmosphere. The polarized
spectrum of the Sun (Second Solar Spectrum), produced due to anisotropic
scattering helps to infer the temperature structure, magnetic fields, and other
physical properties of the solar atmosphere more accurately. Analysis of the
Second Solar
Spectrum requires solution of the polarized radiative transfer equation. To take
spatial inhomogeneities into account, a solution of the transfer equation in
multi-dimensional geometries is necessary. In this paper we present a
specialized review of recent developments in the methods to solve
multi-dimensional polarized radiative transfer equation and an application
of these methods to analyze the observations. |
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