Astrophysical: Polarimetry

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    A suite of community tools for spectro-polarimetric analysis .

    The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has undertaken a 3-year initiative to develop the Community Spectro-polarimetric Analysis Center (CSAC). The...

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    Analyse multi-echelle des champs magnetiques dans des nuages moleculaires a structures filamentaires

    Together with other observational methods, visible and near infra-red polarimetry can help to understand the morphology of magnetic fields in the neighborhood...

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    Astrophysical spectropolarimetry

    The polarization of light is the key to obtaining a wealth of essential information that lies encoded in the electromagnetic radiation from cosmic objects...

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    Continuum intensity and magnetic flux of solar fluxtubes

    The continuum contrast between flux tubes and their quiet background, and the magnetic flux carried by these magnetic elements, have been determined at...

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    Evaluating the Reliability of a Simple Method to Map the Magnetic Field Azimuth in the Solar Chromosphere

    The Zeeman effect is of limited utility for probing the magnetism of the quiet solar chromosphere. The Hanle effect in some spectral lines is sensitive to such...

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    EXPORT: Optical photometry and polarimetry of Vega-type and pre-main sequence stars

    This paper presents optical UBVRI broadband photo-polarimetry of the EXPORT sample obtained at the 2.5 m Nordic Optical Telescope. The database consists of...

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    Extragalactic Magnetism with SOFIA (Legacy Program). I. The Magnetic Field in the Multiphase Interstellar Medium of M51

    The recent availability of high-resolution far-infrared (FIR) polarization observations of galaxies using HAWC+/SOFIA has facilitated studies of extragalactic...

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    Imaging polarimetry of circumstellar environments. Science Results of ExPo

    ExPo is an imaging polarimeter that has been built in Utrecht University. ExPo works in the visible, and it combines the dual-beam technique, together with very...

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    Internight and intranight variations in the wavelength dependent polarization of OJ 287

    Simultaneous UBVRI photopolarimetric observations of the highly variable BL Lac object OJ 287 have been obtained on six nights. The polarization and position...