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dc.contributor.authorHough, J.
dc.contributor.authorAitken, D.
dc.contributor.authorChrysostomou, A.
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-22T11:07:26Z
dc.date.available2009-04-22T11:07:26Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.citationHough , J , Aitken , D & Chrysostomou , A 1998 , ' Polarimetry for the Gemini telescopes ' , In: Infrared Astronomical Instrumentation - SPIE Proceedings , vol 3354 , pp. 986-995 .en
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 170576
dc.identifier.otherdspace: 2299/3270
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/3270
dc.descriptionOriginal paper is available at: http://scitation.aip.org/journals/doc/SPIEDL-home/proc/ Copyright SPIE. DOI: 10.1117/12.317221 [Full text of this paper is not available in the UHRA]en
dc.description.abstractPolarimeters at optical and near-IR wavelengths are increasingly available as part of facility instruments at major observatories, and are used for a large number of astronomical programs, ranging form nearby star-forming regions to high-redshift galaxies. Polarimetry is used in both imaging and spectroscopic modes and at both low and high spectral resolutions. As degrees of polarization are usually low a large collecting area is needed to get the high signal to noise required for accurate polarimetry. Thus polarimetry can take particular advantage of the new generation 8m telescopes such as Gemini. Techniques for obtaining high precision measurements used for IR polarimeters on UKIRT and on the AAT, together with the performance achieved for both imagers and spectrometers are presented. The implementation of the same techniques proposed for Gemini instruments is described.en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofIn: Infrared Astronomical Instrumentation - SPIE Proceedingsen
dc.titlePolarimetry for the Gemini telescopesen
dc.typeArticleen
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dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematicsen
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.317221
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dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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