Browsing by Author "Howarth, Ian D."

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    • Polarization due to rotational distortion in the bright star Regulus 

      Cotton, Daniel V.; Bailey, Jeremy A.; Howarth, Ian D.; Bott, Kimberly; Kedziora-Chudczer, Lucyna; Lucas, P. W.; Hough, J. H. (2018-10-01)
      Polarization in stars was first predicted by Chandrasekhar [1] who calculated a substantial linear polarization at the stellar limb for a pure electron-scattering atmosphere. This polarization will average to zero when ...