Achernar: Rapid Polarization Variability as Evidence of Photospheric and Circumstellar Activity

A. C. Carciofi, A. M. Magalhães, N. V. Leister +2

We present the results of a high accuracy ($\sigma \approx 0.005$) polarization monitoring of the Be Star Achernar that was carried out between July 7th and November 5th, 2006. Our resu…