Interstellar polarization from 3 to 5 microns in reddened stars

Details Interstellar polarization from 3 to 5 microns in reddened stars Interstellar polarization from 3 to 5 microns in reddened stars

Jun 1992

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 392, no. 2, June 20, 1992, p. 691-701. Research supported by NSERC, SERC, L

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Cosmic Dust, Infrared Stars, Interstellar Extinction, Linear Polarization, Infrared Astronomy, Molecular Clouds

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The study reports measurements of IR interstellar linear polarization in the spectral range 2-5 microns for 18 highly reddened stars. The observations covered lines of sight with wavelengths of peak polarization lambda(max) ranging from the blue-UV (0.35 micron) to the near-IR (0.78 micron). It is shown that excess polarization occurs at 3-5 microns relative to the standard Serkowski/Wilking empirical formula describing the wavelength dependence of polarization in the optical and near-IR out to 2.2 microns. The results of Nagata (1990) and Jones (1990) that significant excess exists at 3.6-3.8 microns are confirmed, and it is shown that it persists to 5 microns. It is found that neither the excess polarization relative to the Serkowski/Wilking formula nor the value of the power-law index is correlated to changes in lambda(max). Hence, the IR polarization does not respond to changes in the properties of the grains which give rise to dramatic variations in the wavelength dependence of polarization at shorter wavelengths, suggesting a degree of invariance in the form of the IR polarization law.

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