Detection of optical linear polarization in the SN2006aj/XRF060218 non-spherical expansion

J. Gorosabel, V. Larionov, A. J. Castro-Tirado +10

We have performed optical polarimetric observations of the SN2006aj associated to the X-ray flash (XRF) of February 18, 2006, XRF060218 that provide information on its expansion ge…