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an empirical function describing how interstellar linear polarization varies with wavelength, peaking at a characteristic wavelength.

In astrophysics, Serkowski law refers to an empirical function describing how interstellar linear polarization varies with wavelength, peaking at a characteristic wavelength. This meaning comes from Serkowski (1975) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Serkowski, K., Mathewson, D. L., & Ford, V. L. (1975). Wavelength dependence of interstellar polarization and ratio of total to selective extinction. The Astrophysical Journal, 196, 261. https://doi.org/10.1086/153410

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