\begin{table}%t3 \caption{\label{popt}Summary of the temporal evolution in the optical polarization of the targets from the literature.} % \par %\centerline $$ \begin{tabular}{llrlr@{ (}lrr} \hline \hline Object & Date/epoch & $\it{N}$ & Band & \multicolumn{2}{c}{$\it{P}^{a}$ (\%)} & PA$^{a}$ ($^\circ$) & Ref. \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{T Tauri} \\ %% HD 143006 & & & \it{V} & & $)$ & & \\ V895 Sco & 1978/05 & 1 & \it{V} & 3.0 & 0.4$)$ & 165 & 1 \\ & 1978/05 & 1 & \it{R} & 2.9 & 0.2$)$ & 173 & 1 \\ AS 353A & 1976/07$-$1978/07 & 7 & \it{V} & 1.4 & 0.1$)$ & 145 & 1 \\ & 1976/10$-$1978/07 & 6 & \it{R} & 1.3 & 0.02$)$ & 144 & 1 \\ & 1986/08 & 1 & \it{R} & 1.4 & 0.2$)$ & 139 & 4 \\ & 2000/05 & 1 & \it{I} & 1.4 & 0.04$)$ & 125 & 5 \\ PX Vul & 1998/07$-$1998/10 & 9 & \it{V} & 3.9 & 0.1$)$ & 28 & 2 \\ V536 Aql & 1977/08$-$1978/07 & 2 & \it{V} & 6.6 & 0.3$)$ & 67 & 1 \\ & 1977/08$-$1978/07 & 2 & \it{R} & 5.5 & 0.5$)$ & 65 & 1 \\ & 1985/06$-$1986/08 & 2 & \it{R} & 7.6 & 0.4$)$ & 43 & 4 \\ RY Tau & 1972/01 & 1 & \it{V} & 3.2 & 0.2$)$ & 30 & 9 \\ & 1973/01 & 1 & \it{V} & 5.0 & 0.1$)$ & 20 & 9 \\ & 1976/09$-$1978/12 & 16 & \it{V} & 2.5 & 0.2$)$ & 21 & 1 \\ %% & 1976/11$-$1978/12 & 14 & \it{R} & 2.7 & 0.2$)$ & 19 & 1 \\ & 1979/09 & 1 & \it{V} & 3.1 & 0.2$)$ & 18 & 8 \\ & 1980/01 & 3 & \it{V} & 3.0 & 0.04$)$ & 18 & 6 \\ & 1980/02 & 1 & \it{V} & 2.2 & 0.1$)$ & 39 & 8 \\ & 1998/10$-$1999/01 & 7 & \it{V} & 2.6 & 0.1$)$ & 23 & 2 \\ & 2001/12$-$2003/12 & 4 & \it{R} & 2.0 & 0.3$)$ & 13 & 10 \\ DG Tau & 1976/10$-$1978/10 & 3 & \it{V} & 5.5 & 0.1$)$ & 136 & 1 \\ & 1976/10$-$1978/10 & 2 & \it{R} & 6.0 & 0.1$)$ & 135 & 1 \\ & 1980/01 & 1 & \it{V} & 5.1 & 0.1$)$ & 137 & 6 \\ %% DK Tau & & & \it{V} & & $)$ & & \\ DO Tau & 1976/10 & 1 & \it{V} & 3.1 & 0.2$)$ & 171 & 1 \\ & 1976/10 & 1 & \it{R} & 2.9 & 0.1$)$ & 171 & 1 \\ & 1980/01 & 1 & \it{V} & 3.8 & 0.3$)$ & 175 & 6 \\ HL Tau & 1976/10 & 1 & \it{V} & 8.3 & 0.4$)$ & 146 & 1 \\ & 1976/10 & 1 & \it{R} & 11.2 & 0.2$)$ & 147 & 1 \\ & 1980/01 & 1 & \it{V} & 13.5 & 0.8$)$ & 143 & 6 \\ & 1985/01 & 1 & \it{B} & 13.7 & 0.3$)$ & 138 & 4 \\ & 1987/01 & 1 & \it{clear} & 14.0 & 0.3$)$ & 143 & 11 \\ %% XZ Tau & & 1 & \it{V} & 0.3 & 0.02$)$ & 129 & 2 \\ LkH$\alpha$ 358 & 1987/01 & 1 & \it{clear} & 4.1 & 0.3$)$ & 6 & 11 \\ UY Aur & 1978/12/01 & 1 & \it{V} & 3.3 & 0.2$)$ & 127 & 1 \\ & 1979/02/28 & 1 & \it{V} & 2.3 & 0.5$)$ & 162 & 1 \\ & 1980/01/05 & 1 & \it{V} & 3.0 & 0.2$)$ & 161 & 6 \\ RY Ori & 1995/01/30 & 1 & \it{V} & 6.6 & 1.9$)$ & 165 & 7 \\ & 1995/01/30 & 1 & \it{V} & 4.3 & 1.9$)$ & 41 & 7 \\ & 1998/10$-$1999/02 & 7 & \it{V} & 2.7 & 0.1$)$ & 72 & 2 \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{Herbig Ae/Be} \\ PDS 406 & 1999/04/11 & 1 & \it{V} & 4.7 & 0.1$)$ & 34 & 3 \\ Hen 3-1191 & 1999/04/11 & 1 & \it{V} & 5.9 & 0.2$)$ & 46 & 3 \\ %% \\ PDS 453 & 1999/04/08 & 1 & \it{V} & 3.6 & 0.1$)$ & 49 & 3 \\ MWC 297 & 1973/10 & 1 & \it{V} & 1.4 & 0.2$)$ & 95 & 12 \\ & 1975/08 & 1 & \it{V} & 1.9 & 0.1$)$ & 98 & 12 \\ & 1976/06 & 1 & \it{V} & 1.8 & 0.1$)$ & 95 & 12 \\ & 1985(6) & 1 & \it{V} & 2.1 & 0.2$)$ & 91 & 13 \\ & 1998/05 & 1 & \it{V} & 1.2 & 0.2$)$ & 95 & 2 \\ & 1999/07/29 & 1 & \it{V} & 1.8 & 0.1$)$ & 94 & 3 \\ VV Ser & 1998/05$-$1998/10 & 11 & \it{V} & 1.7 & 0.1$)$ & 78 & 2 \\ & 2000/06/22 & 1 & \it{V} & 1.8 & 0.1$)$ & 78 & 3 \\ PDS 520 & 1999/07/28 & 1 & \it{V} & 3.5 & 0.1$)$ & 15 & 3 \\ WW Vul & 1987/08 & 3 & \it{V} & 5.3 & 0.6$)$ & 170 & 14 \\ & 1998/05 & 3 & \it{V} & 0.6 & 0.1$)$ & 93 & 2 \\ & 1998/07$-$1998/10 & 8 & \it{V} & 0.4 & 0.1$)$ & 146 & 2 \\ & 2000/06/21 & 1 & \it{V} & 0.9 & 0.1$)$ & 151 & 3 \\ VY Mon & 1995/01$-$1995/02 & 7 & \it{V} & 8.7 & 0.7$)$ & 6 & 7 \\ & 1998/10$-$1999/02 & 3 & \it{V} & 9.8 & 0.5$)$ & 5 & 2 \\ \hline %% HD 139614 & & & \it{V} & & $)$ & & \\ %% HD 281159 & & & \it{V} & & $)$ & & \\ %% HD 23680 & & & \it{V} & & $)$ & & \\ \end{tabular}$$ \medskip \par Errors in parenthesis. \\ $^{a}$ Mean values quoted when $\it{N}$ $>$ 1. \\ References: (1) Bastien~(\cite{bas82}), the $\sigma_{1}$ error is quoted for individual observations and $\sigma_{2}$ for mean values; for simplicity $\it{V}$ and $\it{R}$ bands refer to the filters centered in 5895~$\rm{\AA}$ and 7543~$\rm{\AA}$, respectively; only $\it{V}$ measurements for RY Tau and UY Aur are quoted; (2) Oudmaijer et~al.~(\cite{ou01}), only $\it{V}$ measurements are quoted; (3) Rodrigues et~al.~(\cite{rod09}); (4) M\'enard \& Bastien~(\cite{men92}); (5) Monin et~al.~(\cite{mon06}); (6) Bastien~(\cite{bas85}), for simplicity $\it{B}$ refers to the filter centered in 4700~$\rm{\AA}$ and $\it{R}$ to the filters centered in 7640~$\rm{\AA}$ and 7675~$\rm{\AA}$; (7) Yudin \& Evans~(\cite{yud98}), only $V$ measurements are quoted; (8) Hough et~al.~(\cite{ho81}); (9) Breger~(\cite{bre74}), only $\it{V}$ measurements are quoted; (10) Vink et~al.~(\cite{vin05}); (11) Gledhill \& Scarrott~(\cite{gle89}); (12) Vrba et~al.~(\cite{vrb79}), only $\it{V}$ measurements are quoted; (13) Hillenbrand et~al.~(\cite{hil92}); (14) Grinin et~al.~(\cite{gri88}), mean polarization on the photometric deep minima is quoted.\\ \end{table}