The second highly polarised radio outburst in Cygnus X-3

Details The second highly polarised radio outburst in Cygnus X-3 The second highly polarised radio outburst in Cygnus X-3

Aug 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976natur.262..669l&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 262, Aug. 19, 1976, p. 669-671. NSF-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Faraday Effect, Polarized Radiation, Radiant Flux Density, Radio Bursts, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Angular Momentum, Infrared Radiation, Magnetic Field Configurations, Optical Thickness, Periodic Variations, Rotating Matter, Universal Time, X Rays

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The first outburst from Cyg X-3 was observed in May 1974. A second outburst with a high degree of linear polarization was detected in August 1975. Observations of both polarized outbursts are reported along with an unpolarized outburst in January 1975. At 8 GHz the observed polarization position angle was the same for both polarized outbursts. It is pointed out that the Faraday rotation measure associated with the source is much larger than previously reported. It is suggested that the orientation of the magnetic field in the source and the rotation measure are both stable with time. The highly polarized outbursts are found to decay more slowly than the unpolarized outbursts.

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