Abstract
Polarization observations yield otherwise unobtainable information about the geometrical structure of unresolved objects. In this talk we review the evidences for non-spherically symmetric structures around Luminous Hot Stars from polarimetry and what we can learn with this technique. Polarimetry has added a new dimension to the study of the envelopes of Luminous Blue Variables, Wolf-Rayet stars and B[e] stars, all of which are discussed in some detail.
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Magalhães, A.M., Rodrigues, C.V. (1999). Polarimetric evidence of non-spherical winds. In: Wolf, B., Stahl, O., Fullerton, A.W. (eds) Variable and Non-spherical Stellar Winds in Luminous Hot Stars. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 523. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0106354
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