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Query: Analysis of the Polarization and Flux Spectra of SN1993J   Synthetic polarization and flux spectra are presented for aspherical,
electron scattering-dominated photospheres of Type II supernovae (SN II) in
general and the specific case of SN 1993J using a Monte Carlo scheme.
  The observed luminosity of a Type II supernova depends on the unknown
inclination angle. Spectral analysis alone will fail to detect even strong
deviations from spherical symmetry. Line scattering depolarizes incident
polarized light, but the residual intrinsic polarization does not completely
vanish because of electron scattering effects that depend on the electron
density distribution. By combining results on the polarization and velocity
structure of the emission lines, and the degree of polarization in the
continuum, we place strong constraints on the degree of asphericity, the
inclination of the system and the electron density distribution.
  Both the flux spectra and the percentage of polarization as a function of
wavelength can be reproduced by an aspherical model with an axis ratio of 0.6,
radial electron densities proportional to r**-5 and an effective temperature of
4800 K. In an oblate model, SN1993J is seen almost equator on. The line forming
region is still within the hydrogen rich part of the envelope after 3 weeks,
although the continuum may form in deeper layers. Although the residual
polarization across Halpha is not zero, the interstellar component derived
herein is consistent with that deduced by Trammell et al.(1993). The power of
this technique for investigating the structure of other SN II, as a method for
independently deriving the interstellar polarization, and the implications of
these results on the use of SN II to determine distances through the Baade-
Wesselink method are discussed.

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