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August 1, 1970The Astrophysical Journal246 citations

Discovery of Circularly Polarized Light from a White Dwarf

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JKJ. C. KempJSJohn B. SwedlundJLJ. D. Landstreet

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Strong circular polarization, 1-3 percent, has been discovered in visible light from the semi-DC 'peculiar' white dwarf Grw+70°08247. This is the first such observation on any white dwarf, and is taken as indicating a strong magnetic field. From the theory of gray-body magnetoemissivity, to which the wavelength dependence of the circular polarization would appear to conform, one estimates a mean projected B field of 1 × 107 gauss.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd2c5cafc13a549f100ef7https://doi.org/10.1086/180574
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