activity
20012008
most citedMagnetic Fields and the Polarization of Astrophysical Maser Radiation: A Review

3 citations · 5 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators
Showing astro-phShow all

7 papers · 1 filter

astro-ph20083 cited

Magnetic Fields and the Polarization of Astrophysical Maser Radiation: A Review

William D. Watson

Basic aspects of the relationship between the magnetic field and polarized maser radiation are described with the emphasis on interpreting the observed spectra. Special attention i…

astro-ph20062 cited

Anisotropy of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence and Polarization of the Spectral Lines of Molecules

D. S. Wiebe, W. D. Watson

The anisotropy of velocities in MHD turbulence is demonstrated explicitly by calculating the velocity gradients as a function of direction in representative simulations of decaying…

astro-ph2005

Line Polarization of Molecular Lines at Radio Frequencies: The case of DR21(OH)

P. C. Cortes, R. M. Crutcher, W. D. Watson

We present polarization observations in DR21(OH) from thermal dust emission at 3 mm and from CO J=1-0 line emission. The observations were obtained using the Berkeley-Illinois-Mary…

astro-ph2004

Irregular Magnetic Fields and the Far-Infrared Polarimetry of Dust Emission from Interstellar Clouds

D. S. Wiebe, W. D. Watson

(abridged) The polarized thermal radiation at far infrared and submillimeter wavelengths from dust grains in interstellar clouds with irregular magnetic fields is simulated. We sho…

astro-ph2003

Anisotropy of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence and the Polarized Spectra of OH Masers

William D. Watson, Dmitri S. Wiebe, Jonathan C. McKinney +1

We consider astrophysical maser radiation that is created in the presence of mildly supersonic, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. The focus is on the OH masers for which the ma…

astro-ph2003

Apparent Sizes and Spectral Line Profiles for Spherical and Disk Masers: Solutions to the Full Equations

W. D. Watson, H. W. Wyld

Calculations are performed for the spectral line profiles and images of astrophysical maser radiation that emerges from isolated spheres and thin disks viewed edge-on. In contrast…