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Linear Polarization Observations of Some X-Ray Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

N. M. Shakhovskoy
Affiliation:
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, U.S.S.R.
Yu. S. Efimov
Affiliation:
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, U.S.S.R.

Abstract

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Multicolour linear polarization of optical radiation of the X-ray sources Sco X-1, Cyg X-2, Cyg X-1 and Her X-1 was measured at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in 1970–1973. These observations indicate that polarization of Sco X-1 in the ultraviolet, blue and red spectral regions appears to be variable. No statistically significant variations of polarization were found for the other three sources observed.

Type
Part 9 / Variable X-Ray Sources
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1975 

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