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        A submillimetre imaging polarimeter at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

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        Greaves, J.S.
        Holland, W.S.
        Jenness, T.
        Chrysostomou, A.
        Berry, D.S.
        Tamura, M.
        Robson, E.I.
        Ade, P.A.R.
        Nartallo, R.
        Stevens, J. A.
        Morino, J.
        Moriarty-Schieven, G.
        Gannaway, F.
        Haynes, C.V.
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        2299/334
        Abstract
        A polarimeter has been built for use with the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA), on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) in Hawaii. SCUBA is the first of a new generation of highly sensitive submillimetre cameras, and the UK/Japan Polarimeter adds a polarimetric imaging/photometry capability in the wavelength range 350 to 2000 μm. Early science results range from measuring the synchrotron polarization of the black hole candidate Sgr A* to mappingmagnetic fields inferred frompolarized dust emission in Galactic star-forming clouds. We describe the instrument design, performance, observing techniques and data reduction processes, along with an assessment of the current and future scientific capability.
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        2003-04
        Published in
        Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06230.x
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        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/334
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