2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Linear Polarization Variations and Circular Polarization are Common Among Airless Bodies
Sloane J. Wiktorowicz, Amanda J. Bayless, Larissa A. Nofi
Using the POLISH2 polarimeter at the Lick Observatory Shane 3-m and Nickel 1-m telescopes, we discover rotation phase-locked variations in linear polarization to be common among as…
astro-ph.EP2025
A Scatter of Light from a Polarized World
Sloane J. Wiktorowicz, Pushkar Kopparla, Jiazheng Li +1
Many known exoplanets harbor clouds, which lead to degeneracies in spectroscopic models between particle composition and size. Polarimetry, however, provides independent assessment…