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Reply to comments on ‘the equation of polarization transfer in an inhomogeneous magnetized plasma. I. Formalism’

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Recently D. B. Melrose (1978) has raised some points in the above mentioned paper (referred to as Paper I) concerning the meaning of some terms in our equation of polarization transfer. These points are very interesting and we would like to analyze his comments in our reply.

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  1. Department of Applied Science, Hong Kong Polytechnic, Hong Kong

    F. T. Cheng

  2. Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Cheng, F.T., Fung, P.C.W. Reply to comments on ‘the equation of polarization transfer in an inhomogeneous magnetized plasma. I. Formalism’. Astrophys Space Sci 64, 49–51 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00640031

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