Polarimetry of the recurrent nova RS OPH during its 1985 outburst

Details Polarimetry of the recurrent nova RS OPH during its 1985 outburst Polarimetry of the recurrent nova RS OPH during its 1985 outburst

Mar 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990mnras.243..144c&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 243, March 1, 1990, p. 144-150.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Cataclysmic Variables, Linear Polarization, Novae, Polarimetry, Polarized Electromagnetic Radiation, Accretion Disks, Circular Polarization, Red Giant Stars, Sky Surveys (Astronomy), Very Long Base Interferometry

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Variable linear polarization was observed during the 1985 outburst of RS Oph, indicating the presence of intrinsic polarization. It is possible to separate the interstellar from the intrinsic polarization, which is found to have a position angle aligned with the VLBI radio structure. This polarized flux is not strongly wavelength dependent. Scattering and synchrotron origins for the polarized radiation are investigated, but the latter origin is less likely. The interstellar polarization provides an independent limit on the distance of RS Oph.

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