On the evidence for discrete emission regions in AM Her type objects.
Abstract
New observational evidence of optical cyclotron emission from discrete regions on the highly magnetic white dwarf components of AM Her type binaries is presented. Simultaneous five colour (UBVRI) linear and circular polarimetry indicates that the field and emission geometry are much more complicated than given by the simple dipole models.
- Publication:
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Polarized Radiation of Circumstellar Origin
- Pub Date:
- 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988prco.book..261P
- Keywords:
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- Emission Spectra;
- Light Curve;
- Magnetic Stars;
- White Dwarf Stars;
- Circular Polarization;
- Cyclotron Radiation;
- Linear Polarization;
- Ubv Spectra;
- Astrophysics;
- AM Herculis Stars: Cyclotron Radiation;
- AM Herculis Stars: Polarization;
- Cataclysmic Binaries: Polarimetry