Polarized radiation from hot plasmas and applications to AM Herculis binaries

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Mar 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981apj...244..569c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 244, Mar. 1, 1981, p. 569-578.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Binary Stars, High Temperature Plasmas, Magnetic Stars, Polarized Electromagnetic Radiation, Stellar Radiation, White Dwarf Stars, Absorptivity, Collisionless Plasmas, Cyclotron Radiation, Light Curve, Stellar Magnetic Fields

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Absorption coefficients for the ordinary and extraordinary modes are calculated for cyclotron radiation from hot plasmas with temperatures between 0.2 and 20 keV. The results are applied to the accretion columns of the AM Herculis binaries. The linear and circular polarization properties of the observed polarized light can be understood if the emission is at approximately the fifth harmonic of the cyclotron frequency. The magnetic fields in these systems is deduced to be roughly 4 x 10 to the 7th gauss.

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