We study radiative transfer through a weakly polarizing medium, i.e., a medium in which the degree of polarization of the absorbed, retarded, and emitted light is always weak. In this case, the general radiative transfer equation for the Stokes parameters yields very simple formal solutions. The intensity does not depend on the polarization, and

The modeling of the peculiar scattering polarization signals observed in some diagnostically important solar resonance lines requires the consideration of the detailed spectral structure of the incident radiation field as well as the possibility of ground level polarization, along with the atom's hyperfine structure and quantum interference between

We present high-sensitivity eMERLIN radio images of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151 at 1.51 GHz. We compare the new eMERLIN images to those from archival MERLIN observations in 1993 to determine the change in jet morphology in the 22 yr between observations. We report an increase by almost a factor of 2 in the peak flux density of the central core

The most extreme ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs), with LX > 5 × 1040 erg s-1, are amongst the best candidates for hosting intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) in the haloes of galaxies. Jet radio emission is expected from a sub-Eddington accreting IMBH in the low/hard (radio bright) state. In a search for such IMBH jet radio emission, we have

A sample of HII galaxies has been observed in several radio and optical bands. These galaxies are undergoing very active star formation; they have been selected on the basis of strong radio continuum emission. Radio continuum observations were obtained to determine their radio spectra. Several of the spectra were found to flatten towards lower

We describe our methods to validate the absolute calibration of the infrared (IR) radiometry of the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) Point Source Catalog, version 1.2 (PSC1.2). These are based upon stars drawn from our current all-sky network of absolute calibrators and upon other stars that also support the calibration of ESA's Infrared Space