A useful approximation for computing the continuum polarization of Be stars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 553, Issue 2 PART 1, 2001, Pages 1027-1035

  Mcdavid, David ^a,b  

^a Limber Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circumstellar matter; Polarization; Scattering; Stars: emission line, Be; Stars: winds, outflows; Techniques: polarimetric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035373731     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320945     Document Type: Article

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