A polarimetric method to measure magnetic fields near compact objects

M.Yu. Piotrovich
Main Astronomical Observatory, Pulkovo, St. Petersburg, Russia

Report on the PhD Thesis.
Scientific supervisor - Prof. Yu.N. Gnedin

Contents
In the report the basic results of the PhD Thesis are presented.
  1. Classical methods of measurement of magnetic fields in astrophysics: advantages and disadvantages.
  2. Polarization effects of the emission of circumstellar envelopes and extended accretion structures (theoretical calculations).
  3. Determination of magnetic fields of some astrophysical objects.
  4. Spectropolarimetry and infrared photometry of magnetic white dwarfs: polarization of vacuum and Rydberg states in a magnetic field.
  5. Magnetic fields of extragalactic compact radio sources and testing of cosmological models.

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