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Published October 2003 | public
Journal Article

General Relativistic Magnetoionic Theory

Abstract

We have developed methods for tracing rays and performing radiative transfer through a magneto active plasma in a general relativistic environment. The two electromagnetic plasma modes propagate differently due to a combination of dispersive and gravitational effects. We have found that, when given an appropriate environment surrounding the central black hole, it is indeed possible to generate a significant degree of circular polarisation without an appreciable amount of linear polarisation due to these effects alone.

Additional Information

© 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers. The authors would like thank Eric Agol for a number of useful conversations and comments regarding this work. This has been supported by NASA grants 5-2837 and 5-12032.

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