Astr 501 | Lecture 15 | Fall 2022
Astronomy 501
Lecture 15, Sept 26 Fall 2022

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Larmor Formula

Dipole Radiation

Radiation by Accelerated Charges: Polarization

Thompson Scattering

  • angular distribution, total power
  • cross section
  • polarization
  • awesomest Thomson polarization example--CMB:
    theory and WMAP stacked data compared
Crab pulsar composite image

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