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Linear polarization of radiation emitted by tidally distorted stars as a function of the binary system phase is computed, taking into account true absorption and the scattering of light on free and bound electrons within hot stellar atmospheres. Computations are made both for the linear distribution of true sources across the atmospheres and for radiative-stable model atmospheres presented by Kurcuzet al. (1974) and Kurucz (1979). Polarization variability was investigated as a function of wavelength λ. In a number of cases, polarization variability was found to be at an observable level. The most marked variability was expected in the ultraviolet range adjacent to the boundaries of the spectral series for H and He. Near the Lyman limit of approximately λ=912 Å for stars with an effective temperatureT eff≲35 000 K and near the ionization boundary for HeII 226 Å for stars withT eff>35 000 K, the amplitude of polarization variability is greater than in the case of pure electron atmospheres, sometimes reaching the level of 0.5–1%. For fairly long waves where the limb-darkening coefficient falls below a certain critical valueu cr∼0.5, the plane of polarization is found to be turned by 90° as compared to the case of a pure electron atmosphere. For limb-darkening coefficients far from the value ofu cr; the form of the polarization phase curves, as well as dependence on the parameters of a binary system, remain approximately the same as those in the case of pure electron scattering.
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Bochkarev, N.G., Karitskaya, E.A. Polarization of intrinsic radiation of tidally distorted stars with electron-scattering atmospheres. Astrophys Space Sci 109, 1–14 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00651010
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