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Electron Scattering in Cyclotron Emission Regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

S. M. A. Meggitt  and
D. T. Wickramasinghe
S. M. A. Meggitt
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Australian National University
D. T. Wickramasinghe
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Australian National University
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Abstract

The polarization properties of cylindrical magnetic accretion columns are calculated allowing for electron scattering within the emission region. The results are used to estimate the effects of electron scattering and geometry on the observed properties of AM Herculis type systems.

Type
Theoretical
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , 1987 , pp. 128 - 131
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1987

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