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$\begin{figure} \par\mbox{\includegraphics*[width=6.5cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_0.1.ps}... ...0.5cm} \includegraphics*[width=6.5cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_1.ps} }\par\end{figure}$ Figure 1: The degree of polarization, P, as a function of $\mu=\cos\theta$ for four values of $H/r_{\rm C}$ . In each panel, five values of $\tau _{\rm T}$ are shown: 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 1 (in increasing order of the absolute value of P).
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In the text

$\begin{figure} \par\mbox{\includegraphics*[width=6.5cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_2.ps}\h... ...ce{0.5cm} \includegraphics*[width=6.5cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_10.ps} }\end{figure}$ Figure 2: The same as in the previous figure, for another four values of $H/r_{\rm C}$ .
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In the text

$\begin{figure} \par\mbox{\includegraphics*[width=6cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_flux_0.1.... ...{0.5cm} \includegraphics*[width=6cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_flux_1.ps} }\end{figure}$ Figure 3: The flux (in arbitrary units) as a function of $\mu=\cos\theta$ for four values of $H/r_{\rm C}$ . In each panel, five values of $\tau _{\rm T}$ are shown: 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 1 (in increasing order of anisotropy).
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In the text

$\begin{figure} \par\mbox{\includegraphics*[width=6cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_flux_2.ps... ...0.5cm} \includegraphics*[width=6cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_flux_10.ps} }\end{figure}$ Figure 4: The same as in the previous figure, for another four values of $H/r_{\rm C}$ .
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In the text

$\begin{figure} \par\includegraphics[width=8cm,clip]{polrefl.ps} \end{figure}$ Figure 5: The polarization degree of the reflected component, as a function of $\mu$ .
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In the text

$\begin{figure} \par\includegraphics[width=7.5cm,clip]{amher_0.05_10.ps} \end{figure}$ Figure 6: The intensity ( upper panel) and degree of polarization ( lower panel) expected for AM Herculis, calculated without the reflection component, as a function of the spin phase. $H/r_{\rm C}=10$ and $\tau _{\rm T}=0.05$ .
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In the text

$\begin{figure} \par\includegraphics[width=7.7cm,clip]{amher_0.5_0.5.ps} \end{figure}$ Figure 7: The intensity ( upper panel) and degree of polarization ( lower panel) expected for AM Herculis, calculated without the reflection component, as a function of the spin phase. $H/r_{\rm C}=0.5$ and $\tau _{\rm T}=0.5$ .
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In the text

$\begin{figure} \par\includegraphics[width=7.5cm,clip]{amher_ref.ps} \end{figure}$ Figure 8: The degree of polarization, including the reflection component, expected for AM Herculis as a function of the spin phase, for two energy bins (5-10 keV, filled circles, and 10-15 keV, crosses). Upper panel: $H/r_{\rm C}=10$ and $\tau _{\rm T}=0.05$ ; lower panel: $H/r_{\rm C}=0.5$ and $\tau _{\rm T}=0.5$ .
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In the text

$\begin{figure} \par\mbox{\includegraphics[width=6.5cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_0.1.ps}... ...0.5cm} \includegraphics[width=6.5cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_1.ps} }\par\end{figure}$	Figure 1: The degree of polarization, P, as a function of $\mu=\cos\theta$ for four values of $H/r_{\rm C}$ . In each panel, five values of $\tau _{\rm T}$ are shown: 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 1 (in increasing order of the absolute value of P).
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$\begin{figure} \par\mbox{\includegraphics[width=6.5cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_2.ps}\h... ...ce{0.5cm} \includegraphics[width=6.5cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_10.ps} }\end{figure}$	Figure 2: The same as in the previous figure, for another four values of $H/r_{\rm C}$ .
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$\begin{figure} \par\mbox{\includegraphics[width=6cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_flux_0.1.... ...{0.5cm} \includegraphics[width=6cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_flux_1.ps} }\end{figure}$	Figure 3: The flux (in arbitrary units) as a function of $\mu=\cos\theta$ for four values of $H/r_{\rm C}$ . In each panel, five values of $\tau _{\rm T}$ are shown: 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 1 (in increasing order of anisotropy).
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$\begin{figure} \par\mbox{\includegraphics[width=6cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_flux_2.ps... ...0.5cm} \includegraphics[width=6cm,height=5.3cm]{tau_flux_10.ps} }\end{figure}$	Figure 4: The same as in the previous figure, for another four values of $H/r_{\rm C}$ .
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$\begin{figure} \par\includegraphics[width=8cm,clip]{polrefl.ps} \end{figure}$	Figure 5: The polarization degree of the reflected component, as a function of $\mu$ .
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$\begin{figure} \par\includegraphics[width=7.5cm,clip]{amher_0.05_10.ps} \end{figure}$	Figure 6: The intensity ( upper panel) and degree of polarization ( lower panel) expected for AM Herculis, calculated without the reflection component, as a function of the spin phase. $H/r_{\rm C}=10$ and $\tau _{\rm T}=0.05$ .
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$\begin{figure} \par\includegraphics[width=7.7cm,clip]{amher_0.5_0.5.ps} \end{figure}$	Figure 7: The intensity ( upper panel) and degree of polarization ( lower panel) expected for AM Herculis, calculated without the reflection component, as a function of the spin phase. $H/r_{\rm C}=0.5$ and $\tau _{\rm T}=0.5$ .
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$\begin{figure} \par\includegraphics[width=7.5cm,clip]{amher_ref.ps} \end{figure}$	Figure 8: The degree of polarization, including the reflection component, expected for AM Herculis as a function of the spin phase, for two energy bins (5-10 keV, filled circles, and 10-15 keV, crosses). Upper panel: $H/r_{\rm C}=10$ and $\tau _{\rm T}=0.05$ ; lower panel: $H/r_{\rm C}=0.5$ and $\tau _{\rm T}=0.5$ .
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