On the circularly polarized optical emission from AE Aquarii

Details On the circularly polarized optical emission from AE Aquarii On the circularly polarized optical emission from AE Aquarii

2002-01-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0201366v2

Astron.Astrophys. 385 (2002) 152

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Astron. & Astrophys

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20020144

The reported nightly mean value of the circular polarization of optical emission observed from the close binary system AE Aqr is 0.06% (+-) 0.01%. We discuss a possibility that the observed polarized radiation is emitted mainly by the white dwarf or its vicinity. We demonstrate that this hypothesis is rather unlikely since the contribution of the white dwarf to the optical radiation of the system is too small. This indicates that the polarimetric data on AE Aqr cannot be used for the evaluation of the surface magnetic field strength of the white dwarf in this system.

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