The highly polarized open cluster trumpler 27

We have carried out multicolor linear polarimetry (U BV RI) of the brightest stars in the area of the open cluster Trumpler 27. Our data show a high level of polarization in the stellar light with a considerable dispersion, from P = 4% to P = 9.5%. The polarization vectors of the cluster members app...

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spelling paper:paper_00046256_v120_n4_p1906_Feinstein2023-06-08T14:27:11Z The highly polarized open cluster trumpler 27 Dust, extinction Open clusters and associations: individual (Trumpler 27) We have carried out multicolor linear polarimetry (U BV RI) of the brightest stars in the area of the open cluster Trumpler 27. Our data show a high level of polarization in the stellar light with a considerable dispersion, from P = 4% to P = 9.5%. The polarization vectors of the cluster members appear to be aligned. Foreground polarization was estimated from the data of some nonmember objects, for which two different components were resolved: the first one associated with a dust cloud close to the Sun producing Pλmax = 1.3% and θ = 146°, and a second component, the main source of polarization for the cluster members, originating in another dust cloud, which polarizes the light in the direction of θ = 29°.5. From a detailed analysis, we found that the two components have associated values EB-V < 0.45 for the first one and EB-V > 0.75 for the other. Due the difference in the orientation of both polarization vectors, almost 90° (180° at the Stokes representation), the first cloud (θ ∼ 146°) depolarizes the light strongly polarized by the second one (θ ∼ 29°.5). 2000 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00046256_v120_n4_p1906_Feinstein http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00046256_v120_n4_p1906_Feinstein
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
institution_str I-28
repository_str R-134
collection Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA)
topic Dust, extinction
Open clusters and associations: individual (Trumpler 27)
spellingShingle Dust, extinction
Open clusters and associations: individual (Trumpler 27)
The highly polarized open cluster trumpler 27
topic_facet Dust, extinction
Open clusters and associations: individual (Trumpler 27)
description We have carried out multicolor linear polarimetry (U BV RI) of the brightest stars in the area of the open cluster Trumpler 27. Our data show a high level of polarization in the stellar light with a considerable dispersion, from P = 4% to P = 9.5%. The polarization vectors of the cluster members appear to be aligned. Foreground polarization was estimated from the data of some nonmember objects, for which two different components were resolved: the first one associated with a dust cloud close to the Sun producing Pλmax = 1.3% and θ = 146°, and a second component, the main source of polarization for the cluster members, originating in another dust cloud, which polarizes the light in the direction of θ = 29°.5. From a detailed analysis, we found that the two components have associated values EB-V < 0.45 for the first one and EB-V > 0.75 for the other. Due the difference in the orientation of both polarization vectors, almost 90° (180° at the Stokes representation), the first cloud (θ ∼ 146°) depolarizes the light strongly polarized by the second one (θ ∼ 29°.5).
title The highly polarized open cluster trumpler 27
title_short The highly polarized open cluster trumpler 27
title_full The highly polarized open cluster trumpler 27
title_fullStr The highly polarized open cluster trumpler 27
title_full_unstemmed The highly polarized open cluster trumpler 27
title_sort highly polarized open cluster trumpler 27
publishDate 2000
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00046256_v120_n4_p1906_Feinstein
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00046256_v120_n4_p1906_Feinstein
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