Polarization cancellation in the two-component winds from Wolf-Rayet stars

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Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...401..311t&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 401, no. 1, p. 311-316.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Polarized Electromagnetic Radiation, Stellar Winds, Wolf-Rayet Stars, H Alpha Line, Infrared Spectra, Stellar Models, Stellar Rotation

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In this paper we explore the possibility that there can be at least partial cancellation of the equatorial disk polarization as a result of scattering from the electrons that are present in the strong polar wind of WR stars. In order to achieve the cancellation necessary to explain the wavelength-dependent polarization, the polar wind must have a mass-loss rate that is near the maximum that is supported by radiation-driven wind theory. In addition, we find that it is possible to derive important new information regarding the relative column masses of the polar and equatorial winds.

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