2 papers
astro-ph2001
Compact Objects and Accretion Disks
Roger Blandford, Eric Agol, Avery Broderick +3
Recent developments in the spectropolarimetric study of compact objects, specifically black holes (stellar and massive) and neutron stars are reviewed. The lectures are organized a…
astro-ph2000
The Puzzle of the Lyman Continuum Polarization of QSOs
Gregory Shields, E. Agol, Omer Blaes
Recent spectropolarimetry of QSOs has revealed a surprising rise in polarization in the Lyman continuum of several objects. We discuss several recent attempts to interpret this fea…