Ray-tracing and polarized radiative transfer in General Relativity

Abstract

We discuss the problem of polarized radiative transfer in general relativity. We present a set of equations suitable for solving the problem numerically for the case of an arbitrary space-time metric, and show numerical solutions to example problems. The solutions are computed with a new ray-tracing code, Arcmancer, developed by the authors.

4 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 324, New Frontiers in Black Hole Astrophysics

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