Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993mnras.260..513f&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 260, no. 3, p. 513-524.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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B Stars, Light Scattering, Polarized Light, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Envelopes, Optical Thickness, Radiative Transfer, Stellar Models
Scientific paper
An analytic treatment for the single-scattering of polarized light through an optically thin envelope is developed for both a point light source and an extended light source, generalizing previous work on unpolarized stars. For a polarized light source embedded within an axisymmetric envelope, it is found that the scattered polarization dominates only when the envelope has an optical depth of greater than 0.1. The theoretical polarization of Be stars is considered using two geometrical models frequently encountered in the literature. The star is assumed to be a spherically symmetric limb-darkened star exhibiting limb polarization. It is found that the maximal polarization for both models is in excess of the observed range of polarization.
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