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Stokes Imaging of the Accretion Region in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables

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Modelling of polarized cyclotron emission from magnetic cataclysmic variables has been a pivotal technique for determining the structure and location of the accretion zones on the white dwarf. Stokes imaging of Potter et al. [8] is the first objective and analytical technique that robustly models the cyclotron emission and maps the accretion zones.

Polarisation modelling is discussed, followed by a summary of the Stokes imaging technique. We demonstrate this technique on new polarimetric observations of the magnetic cataclysmic variable V834 Cen.

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  1. South African Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 9, 7935, Cape Town, South Africa

    S. Potter, E. Romero-Colmenero & D.A.H. Buckley

  2. Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey, UK

    M. Cropper

  3. Observatory and Astrophysics Laboratory, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland

    P. Hakala

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  1. Royal Observatory of Belgium, Avenue Circulaire, 3, 1180, Brussels, Belgium

    Henri M.J. Boffin  & Jan Cuypers  & 

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Highfield, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK

    Danny Steeghs

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Potter, S., Romero-Colmenero, E., Buckley, D., Cropper, M., Hakala, P. (2001). Stokes Imaging of the Accretion Region in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables. In: Boffin, H.M., Cuypers, J., Steeghs, D. (eds) Astrotomography. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 573. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45339-3_17

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