Inversion of the radiative transfer equation for polarized light

J. C. del Toro Iniesta1, B. Ruiz Cobo2
1Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Granada, Spain
2Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain

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