Mapping Circumstellar Matter with Polarized Light - The Case of Supernova 2014J in M82

Yi Yang, Lifan Wang, Dietrich Baade +11

Optical polarimetry is an effective way of probing the environment of supernova for dust. We acquired linear HST ACS/WFC polarimetry in bands $F475W$, $F606W$, and $F775W$ of the s…