Polarimetric Evidence of Non-Spherical Winds
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
Polarization observations yield otherwise unobtainable information about the geometrical structure of unresolved objects. In this talk we review the evidences for non-spherically symmetric structures around Luminous Hot Stars from polarimetry and what we can learn with this technique. Polarimetry has added a new dimension to the study of the envelopes of Luminous Blue Variables, Wolf-Rayet stars and B[e] stars, all of which are discussed in some detail.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9902078,
title = {Polarimetric Evidence of Non-Spherical Winds},
author = {Antonio Mario Magalhaes and Claudia V. Rodrigues},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9902078},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 2 encapsulated Postscript figures, uses lamuphys.sty. Invited review to appear in IAU Coll. 169, Variable and Non-Spherical Stellar Winds in Luminous Hot Stars, eds. B. Wolf, A.Fullerton and O. Stahl (Springer)