Stolker, T. (author), Min, M. (author), Stam, D.M. (author), Mollière, P. (author), Dominik, C. (author), Waters, L. B.F.M. (author) Context. Direct imaging has paved the way for atmospheric characterization of young and self-luminous gas giants. Scattering in a horizontally-inhomogeneous atmosphere causes the disk-integrated polarization of the thermal radiation to be linearly polarized, possibly detectable with the newest generation of high-contrast imaging instruments....
journal article 2017