Optical polarization of the crab-like supernova remnant 0540-693 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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Mar 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...352..167c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 352, March 20, 1990, p. 167-171.

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Crab Nebula, Magellanic Clouds, Optical Polarization, Supernova Remnants, Emission Spectra, Linear Polarization, Probability Distribution Functions, Synchrotron Radiation

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The linear optical (V band) polarization in the nebula surrounding the LMC pulsar 0540 - 693 is measured, producing a positive result (integrated over the nebula) of P = 5.6 + or - 1.0 percent, oriented at an angle 79 + or - 5 deg east of north. The technique corrects for but does not determine the interstellar polarization, which may be of order 2 percent. This result is similar to the integrated optical polarization of the Crab Nebula and is strong confirmation of a synchrotron origin for the 0540 nebular emission.

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