Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs III. From uniform-density to clumpy regions

0472865 - ASÚ 2017 RIV FR eng J - Journal Article
Marin, Frederic - Goosmann, R. W. - Gaskell, C. M.
Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs III. From uniform-density to clumpy regions.
Astronomy & Astrophysics. Roč. 577, May (2015), A66/1-A66/14. ISSN 0004-6361. E-ISSN 1432-0746
Grant - others:EU(XE) COST action MP1104
Institutional support: RVO:67985815
Keywords : active galaxies * polarization * radiative transfer
OECD category: Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)
Impact factor: 5.185, year: 2015

We run radiative transfer models in the optical/UV for a variety of AGN reprocessing regions with different distributions of clumpy scattering media. We obtain geometry-sensitive polarization spectra and images to improve our previous AGN models and their comparison with the observations.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0270087