Abstract
The discovery of very large magnetic fields in white dwarf stars and neutron stars has stimulated interest in the spectroscopy of free atoms in high magnetic fields. We review the discovery of continuum polarization in certain white dwarf stars. We discuss the interpretation of the spectra of the magnetic white dwarfs and the confirmation of the presence of large fields. We describe recent investigations on a class of magnetic white dwarf binary stars (AM Herculis stars). Finally we mention the detection of a discrete spectrum line in the Crab pulsar.
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