Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
The intrinsic phase-dependent linear polarization of two magnetic Ap stars is studied. The polarization characteristics in a broad blue filter band and in the ultraviolet are outlined, and the mechanisms of polarization are examined. The blue band polarization of 53 Cam (corrected by removing the stellar component) is found to be compatible with an oblique rotator whose angular parameters are in essential agreement with those deduced by Landstreet (1970) and by Huchra (1972).
Keywords:
ASTROPHYSICS
Type:
Royal Astronomical Society; vol. 166
Format:
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