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Description
With the open-source software AM³, particle interactions and radiative emission in astrophysical objects like blazars can be simulated assuming a homogeneous and isotropic magnetic field. However, the synchrotron radiation from blazars is known to be polarized. Time-dependent multi-wavelength polarization measurements reveal magnetic field structures and shed light into the radiative processes in astrophysical objects. Our aim is to expand the capabilities of AM³ and model the polarization from blazars considering required geometrical assumptions which were not included in the software before. Using a multi-zone model, the zones can be arranged in a way to mimic ordered or chaotic magnetic fields. In the future, this new feature could be used by everyone and would also be applicable to other astrophysical sources that emit polarized synchrotron radiation. In this talk, I will give an update on the project and present our approach, the first implementations and first application examples using AM³ for modeling the synchrotron polarization from blazars.
