Evidence of magnetic accretion in an SW Sextantis star: Discovery of variable circular polarization in LS Pegasi

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 548, Issue 1 PART 2, 2001, Pages

  Rodríguez Gil, Pablo ^a   Casares, Jorge ^a   Martínez Pais, Ignacio G ^a,d   Hakala, Pasi ^b   Steeghs, Danny ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Magnetic fields; Novae, cataclysmic variables; Polarization; Stars: individual (LS Pegasi)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035835570     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318922     Document Type: Article

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