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- Relative to polarization, right-hand circularly polarized light is defined such that the electric
field is rotating clockwise as seen by an observer towards whom the wave is moving. Left-hand
circularly polarized light is defined such that the electric field is rotating counterclockwise as
seen by an observer towards whom the wave is moving. The polarization of
magnetohydrodynamic waves is specified with respect to the ambient mean magnetic field :
right-hand polarized waves have a transverse electric field component which turns in a
right-handed sense (that of the gyrating electrons) around the magnetic field.
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