A brief history of the second solar spectrum

C.U. Keller

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    Abstract

    The development of the ZIMPOL principle at ETH Zurich led to a dramatic increase in our observational knowledge of the solar scattering polarization spectrum, now known as the Second Solar Spectrum. This contribution summarizes the historical developments of this field with a special focus on the observational events between 1994 and 1996 when many interesting things happened that cannot be found in the literature.
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    Title of host publicationSolar polarization 5 in honor of Jan Olof Stenflo : proceedings of a workshop held at Centro Stefano Franscini-Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, 17-21 September 2007
    EditorsSvetlana V. Berdyugina, K. N. Nagendra, Renzo Ramelli
    Place of PublicationSan Francisco
    PublisherAstronomical Society of the Pacific
    Pages29-34
    Number of pages6
    Publication statusPublished - 17 Sept 2007

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