The optical polarization of X-ray binaries

Details The optical polarization of X-ray binaries The optical polarization of X-ray binaries

Nov 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977ap%26ss..52..201d&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 52, no. 1, Nov. 1977, p. 201-211.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Binary Stars, Black Holes (Astronomy), Optical Polarization, X Ray Binaries, X Ray Stars, Gravitational Lenses, Polarization Characteristics, X Ray Astronomy

Scientific paper

Polarimetric observations of close binaries may reveal the presence of a black-hole secondary. The Einstein photometric effect will introduce a characteristic time-varying signature in the interstellar polarization. For several reasons, it is concluded that the short-time-scale variability in the polarization in HDE 226868 is caused by Rayleigh scattering from gas streams known to exist in the system. X Persei may have a variable polarization consistent with the predicted effect.

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