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The asymmetries in the brightness structure and levels of polarization between the two sides of theβ Pic disc are discussed. The possibility of these differences being caused by a planet, or planets, within the circumstellar disc is investigated.
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Wolstencroft, R.D., Scarrott, S.M. & Gledhill, T.M. Properties of theβ pictoris disc deduced from optical imaging polarimetry. Astrophys Space Sci 224, 395–398 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00667878
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