Solar Polarization: Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Bangalore, India, 12–16 October 1998

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Solar Magnetism and the Second Solar Spectrum....Pages 1-16
Scattering Polarization in the Chromosphere....Pages 17-30
Observations of the Hanle Effect in the Ca I 4227 and Sr II 4078 Å lines....Pages 31-42
The Density Matrix Theory for Polarized Radiation Redistribution....Pages 43-60
Evidence for Ground-Level Atomic Polarization in the Solar Atmosphere....Pages 61-72
Towards the Modelling of the Second Solar Spectrum....Pages 73-96
Resonance Polarization and Hanle Effect....Pages 97-114
Polarized Redistribution Matrix for Hanle Effect....Pages 115-126
An Operator Perturbation Method for Polarized Line Transfer....Pages 127-142
The Hanle Effect in 1D, 2D and 3D....Pages 143-156
Exponential Solutions to the Radiative Transfer Equation for Polarized Light....Pages 157-170
Continuum Polarization and Blend Lines in the Solar Spectrum....Pages 171-178
Effect of Waves on Resonance Scattering Polarization in Solar Atmosphere....Pages 179-188
Polarized Radiation Transfer in 2D Geometry....Pages 189-200
3D Polarised Radiative Transfer with Weak Magnetic Fields....Pages 201-218
Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer with Multilevel Atoms....Pages 219-230
The Hermitian Solution of the Radiative Transfer Equation for Non-LTE Problems....Pages 231-240
Polarised Formal Solvers: Numerical Properties and Performance....Pages 241-250
The Current Status of the MISMA Hypothesis....Pages 251-262
A New Diagnostic Tool for the Solar Chromosphere....Pages 263-270
An LTE Code for the Inversion of Stokes Spectra from Solar Magnetic Elements....Pages 271-280
Inversion of Stokes Profiles....Pages 281-290
Relationship between the Line Formation Depth and Stratification of Vector Magnetic Fields in the Solar Atmosphere....Pages 291-296
First Results from ZIMPOL II....Pages 297-304
Stokes Profile Reconstruction with the Imaging Vector Magnetograph....Pages 305-312
Measurement of Instrumental Polarisation of the Kodaikanal Tunnel Tower Telescope....Pages 313-320
Circular Polarization Measurement Using a Tunable Lithium Niobate Fabry-Perot Filter....Pages 321-324
Scientific Highlights from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory....Pages 325-336
Sunspot Magnetic Oscillations: Comparison between Observations and Models....Pages 337-348
Doppler Redistribution of Resonance Polarization of the O VI 103.2 NM Line Observed Above a Polar Hole....Pages 349-362
Coronal Polarization from Solar Eclipse Observations....Pages 363-372
Relationship between the Green-Line Corona Polarization and Coronal Magnetic Fields....Pages 373-382
On the Stability of Small-Scale Magnetic Elements in the Quiet Photospheric Network....Pages 383-396
On the Expansion of Large and Small Flux Tubes with Height....Pages 397-408
2-D Radiative Equilibrium Models of Magnetic Flux Tubes....Pages 409-420
Estimation of Magnetic Field Components in Prominence Using Magneto Hydrodynamic Model....Pages 421-430
Impact Polarization of the Hα Line during Solar Flares....Pages 431-442
Impact Polarization and Charge Exchange as Diagnostics of Proton Beams in Solar Flares....Pages 443-450
The Linear Polarization in Moustaches....Pages 451-458
Broadband Linear Polarisation of CP Stars....Pages 459-466
Mapping Magnetic Fields of CP Stars from Stokes I and V Observations....Pages 467-478
Transfer of Polarized Radiation in Hydrogen Lines in Dense Magnetized Plasmas....Pages 479-488
Magnetic Field Diagnosis in AP Stars through Analysis of Spectropolarimetric Observations with the Moment Technique....Pages 489-506
On the Correlation between Polarization and Brightness in the RV Tauri Star AR Puppis....Pages 507-514
Modeling Magnetic Fields on Stars Other than the Sun....Pages 515-526
Back Matter....Pages 527-536