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UBVRI polarimetry of WR stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

L. Georgiev  and
N. Kaltcheva
L. Georgiev
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Sofia, 5 James Bourchier st., BG - 1126 Sofia, Bulgaria
N. Kaltcheva
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Sofia, 5 James Bourchier st., BG - 1126 Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract

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Five-colour polarimetry of a sample of twelve southern WR stars is presented. We suggest a method for separation the interstellar and intrinsic polarization components. Based on the observed data, a dependence of λmax on the terminal velocity v∞ is suggested. Its possible origin could be related to circumstellar envelopes.

Keywords

stars: Wolf-Rayetpolarization
Type
Session IV - poster summaries
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 163: Wolf-Rayet Stars: Binaries, Colliding Winds, Evolution , 1995 , pp. 256 - 257
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1995 

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