1. Preface

   • J. O. Stenflow
   • K. N. Nagendra

   EditorialNotes Pages: ix - xi

2. Scattering physics

   • J. O. Stenflo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 20

3. The density matrix approach to polarized radiative transfer

   • E. Landi Degl'innocenti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 28

4. Atomic coherences and level-crossings physics

   • Véronique Bommier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 47

5. Partial frequency redistribution of polarized radiation

   • H. Frisch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 66

6. Partial redistribution effects on line polarization in the presence of velocity fields

   • K. N. Nagendra

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 78

7. Diagnostics with the Hanle effect

   • M. Faurobert-Scholl

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 90

8. The first and second order moments of the polarization profiles of hydrogen lines

   • R. HCasini
   • E. Landi Degl'Innocenti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 96

9. Magnetic polarimetric refraction in the solar corona

   • Y. N. Gnedin
   • E. D. Lopez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 102

10. Numerical methods in polarized radiative transfer

    • D. E. Rees
    • G. Geers

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 116

11. Non-LTE polarized radiative transfer in intermediate magnetic fields: Numerical problems and results

    • V. Bommier
    • E. Landi Degl'Innocenti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 133

12. The polarization-free approximation

    • J. Trujillo Bueno
    • E. Landi Degl'Innocenti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 153

13. The polarization-free approximation applied to multi-level non-LTE radiative transfer

    • J. H. M. J. Bruls
    • J. Trujillo Bueno

    OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 168

14. Stokes profiles inversion techniques

    • J. C. Del Toro Iniesta
    • B. Ruiz Cobo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 182

15. Contribution functions for polarized radiative transfer

    • J. Staude

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 190

16. Net circular polarization in magnetic spectral lines produced by velocity gradients: Some analytical results

    • M. Landolfi
    • E. Landi Degl'innocenti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 202

17. Micro-structured magnetic atmospheres

    • J. Sánchez Almeida
    • E. Landi Degl'innogenti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 210

18. A complex diagnostic of solar prominences

    • P. Heinzel
    • V. Bommier
    • J. C. Vial

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 222

19. Polarized radiation diagnostics of magnetohydrodynamic models of the solar atmosphere

    • O. Steiner
    • U. Grossmann-Doerth
    • M. Knölker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 242

20. Recent progress in imaging polarimetry

    • C. U. Keller

    OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 252

21. The influence of sunspot canopies on magnetic inclination measurements in solar plages

    • Sami K. Solanki
    • Wolfgang Finsterle
    • Isabelle Rüedi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 264

22. Measurement of the full Stokes vector of He I 10830 Å

    • I. Rüedi
    • C. U. Keller
    • S. K. Solanki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 275

23. Inversion of Stokes vector profiles in terms of a 3-component model

    • P. N. Bernasconi
    • S. K. Solanki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 290

24. Field azimuth disambiguation using ambiguity-free currents

    • A. Skumanich
    • M. Semel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 302

25. High resolution observations of small-scale magnetic elements and interpretation

    • F. Kneer
    • F. Stolpe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 310

26. Polarimetry of solar pores

    • P. Sütterlin
    • E. H. Schröter
    • K. Muglach

    OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 320

27. High resolution polarimetric measurements in a sunspot

    • T. Horn
    • A. Hofmann
    • H. Balthasar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 332

28. Magnetic fields of sunspots based on combined optical and radio observations

    • V. E. Abramov-Maksimov
    • G. F. Vyalshin
    • V. I. Shatilov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 343

29. Polarimetric study of solar flares

    • E. Vogt
    • J. C. Hénoux

    OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 359

30. Characteristics of the linear polarization observed in the 16 May 1991 solar flare

    • N. M. Firstova
    • A. V. Boulatov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 372

31. Fourier parameters and moments of polarization profiles of magnetically active lines. Fourier vector magnetograph

    • B. Ioshpa
    • V. Obridko
    • I. Kozhevatov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 373 - 380

32. Aspects of the zero level problem of solar magnetographs

    • M. L. Demidov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 388

33. Singular points of the polarization tensor

    • M. M. Molodensky
    • L. I. Starkova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 396

34. Determination of polarization of vacuum-ultraviolet radiation by fluorescence and probe-beam techniques

    • V. Yu Backman
    • S. V. Bobashev
    • O. S. Vasyutinskii

    OriginalPaper Pages: 397 - 401

35. Balloon-borne polarimetry

    • D. M. Rust
    • G. Murphy
    • C. U. Keller

    OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 415

36. Zeeman-Doppler imaging of solar-type stars: Multi line technique

    • M. Semel
    • J. Li

    OriginalPaper Pages: 417 - 428

37. List of participants

    Legacy Pages: 431 - 432