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Polarized Radiation from Inhomogeneous Accretion Columns in AM Herculis Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Kinwah Wu  and
G. Chanmugam
Kinwah Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
G. Chanmugam
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA

Abstract

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The polarization of radiation emitted by inhomogeneous accretion columns is found to be significantly different from homogeneous columns. A good fit to the V-band circular polarization light curve of EF Eri is obtained using the two-core model with temperature &T=15keV, magnetic field B=26MG, and dimensionless plasma parameter Λ ≤ 106.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 114: White Dwarfs , 1989 , pp. 388 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1989

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