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Spectroscopy and polarimetry of the R Aquarii system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Hugo E. Schwarz  and
Colin Aspin
Hugo E. Schwarz
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
Colin Aspin
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK

Abstract

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Optical spectroscopy is used to derive the electron temperature and density of the jet of R Aqr. We present polarimetric data which shows that the degree of polarization in R Aqr can vary by up to two orders of magnitude and that this variation is correlated with the phase of the Mira. The polarization angle also varies with the phase of observation.

Type
Symbiotic Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 122: Circumstellar Matter , 1987 , pp. 471 - 473
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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