Optical polarisation of the black hole candidate A0620-00: Clues on the geometry in quiescence

Guillaume Dubus; Brian D. Kern; Sylvain Chaty; Cédric Foellmi

Optical polarisation of the black hole candidate A0620-00: Clues on the geometry in quiescence

Guillaume Dubus, Brian D. Kern, Sylvain Chaty, Cédric Foellmi

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Abstract

The optical light from LMXBs may be intrinsically polarised if it arises from synchrotron emission or if it is scattered within the system. We report on the polarisation properties of the black hole candidate A0620-00 in quiescence. The optical polarisation is weakly variable on the orbital period. Spectro-polarimetry suggests the polarisation might arise from scattering onto material sitting outside of the system.

Original language	English
Journal	International Conference Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing, RANLP
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th Microquasar Workshop: Microquasars and Beyond, MQW 2008 - Foca, Izmir, Turkey Duration: 1 Sept 2008 → 5 Sept 2008

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Optical polarisation of the black hole candidate A0620-00: Clues on the geometry in quiescence

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