dc.contributor.author | Bailey, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kedziora-Chudczer, Lucyna | |
dc.contributor.author | Cotton, Daniel V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bott, Kimberly | |
dc.contributor.author | Hough, J.H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lucas, P.W. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-08T15:38:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-08T15:38:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-05-21 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bailey , J , Kedziora-Chudczer , L , Cotton , D V , Bott , K , Hough , J H & Lucas , P W 2015 , ' A high-sensitivity polarimeter using a ferro-electric liquid crystal modulator ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 449 , no. 3 , pp. 3064-3073 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv519 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-8711 | |
dc.identifier.other | Bibtex: urn:056c49cea128ec73dcdeecfd3df15dfb | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-8872-4462/work/62748847 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/16753 | |
dc.description.abstract | We describe the HIgh Precision Polarimetric Instrument (HIPPI), a polarimeter built at UNSW (The University of New South Wales) Australia and used on the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). HIPPI is an aperture polarimeter using a ferro-electric liquid crystal modulator. HIPPI measures the linear polarization of starlight with a sensitivity in fractional polarization of ∼4 × 10−6 on low-polarization objects and a precision of better than 0.01 per cent on highly polarized stars. The detectors have a high dynamic range allowing observations of the brightest stars in the sky as well as much fainter objects. The telescope polarization of the AAT is found to be 48 ± 5 × 10−6 in the g′ band | en |
dc.format.extent | 10 | |
dc.format.extent | 496394 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
dc.subject | polarization, instrumentation: polarimeters, techniques: polarimetric | |
dc.title | A high-sensitivity polarimeter using a ferro-electric liquid crystal modulator | en |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics | |
dc.contributor.institution | Science & Technology Research Institute | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Astrophysics Research (CAR) | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1093/mnras/stv519 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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