Study of polarization with radiative transfer theory and application to star/planet-forming regions

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26887030
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Astronomy
Research Institution	Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
Principal Investigator	Fukue Tsubasa 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (30569629)
Project Period (FY)	2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	偏光 / 宇宙物理 / 天文
Outline of Final Research Achievements	We develop a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code, considering the polarization state of photon. We focus on scattering process of photon in this study. We also consider the case where the condition of scatterers is not homogeneous. And we study how it influences polarization. In some cases, a situation with discontinuity appears. With computation of polarization, the link between observations and theories could yield further understanding of astronomical objects such as star/planet-forming regions.

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