Compton Sailing and Strong Polarization
Abstract
It is noted that a surface layer of matter in contact with a sufficiently super-Eddington, radially combed photon flux typically attains a relativistic coasting state whereby the radiation does not accelerate the matter. Radiation that scatters off this layer is most likely to be observed along the velocity vector of the matter, where it would be most strongly polarized.
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