posted on 2016-01-27, 12:19authored byP. J. Hakala, V. Piirola, O. Vilhu, Julian Paul Osborne, D. C. Hannikainen
We report the discovery of very strong, variable ( + 50 to –20 per cent) circular polarization in the ROSAT EUV source RE 1307 + 535 in the red (R band) spectral region. The amplitude and the peak value of the broad-band circular polarization are the largest observed so far in any astronomical object.
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Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 1994, 271 (3), pp. L41-L45 (5)
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