| cos (theta) | Pa (theta) | Pc (theta) | ||||
| 0.00 | 0.071 | 0.117 | ||||
| 0.25 | 0.064 | 0.047 | ||||
| 0.50 | 0.052 | 0.023 | ||||
| 0.75 | 0.033 | 0.009 | ||||
| 1.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Figure 6: Net polarization of radiation from the CygX-1 accretion disk assuming an inclination of 41°; M= 10 solar masses, and dM/dt=7 × 10^17 g/s. The accretion disk parameters assumed for the different curves are given in Table 3. This figure comes from Lightman and Schapiro (1976).
| Curve Label | A | B | C | D | ||||||||
| Viscosity Parameter | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Es(keV) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 |