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The Effect of Orbital Eccentricity on Polarimetric Binary Diagnostics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

C. Aspin
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Glasgow, U.K.
J. C. Brown
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Glasgow, U.K.
J. F. L. Simmons
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Glasgow, U.K.

Abstract

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The polarimetric variation from a binary system with an eccentric orbit, thus non-corotating, are calculated and the effect on determining the system parameters is discussed, relative to the circular case.

Type
I. General Reviews and Surveys
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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