Astrophysical: Polarimetry

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    Space Certifiability of LCVRs
    This contribution is a report on a test campaign carried out by the IAC, in collaboration with Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A. (CASA) as a main contrac tor...
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    Spectropolarimetry of solar faculae - High spatial resolution results
    A new method to measure the magnetic field strength of small-scale solar magnetic concentrations is presented. It is based on the center of gravity method...
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    Study of the planetary system HD 46375 with CoRoT and ground-based support
    At the end of 2008, on ideas of teams from the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (OCA) and IAC, the CoRoT satellite observed the star HD 46375, known to host a non...
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    Surface Heterogeneity, Physical, and Shape Model of Near-Earth Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2
    On 2020 April 29, the near-Earth object (52768) 1998 OR2 experienced a close approach to Earth at a distance of 16.4 lunar distances (LD). 1998 OR2 is a...
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    The CLASP2 space experiment achieves an unprecedented map of the Sun’s magnetic field from the photosphere up to the base of the corona
    Every day space telescopes provide spectacular images of the solar activity. However, their instruments are blind to its main driver: the magnetic field in the...
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    The CLASP2.1 mission team receives a NASA award
    The international team of the “Chromospheric LAyer Spectro-Polarimeter” (CLASP) space missions, which includes three scientists of the Instituto de Astrofísica...
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    The COSMO Chromosphere and Prominence Magnetometer
    The Chromosphere and Prominence Magnetometer (ChroMag) is a synoptic instrument with the goal of quantifying the intertwined dynamics and magnetism of the solar...
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    The JCMT BISTRO Survey: A Spiral Magnetic Field in a Hub-filament Structure, Monoceros R2
    We present and analyze observations of polarized dust emission at 850 μm toward the central 1 × 1 pc hub-filament structure of Monoceros R2 (Mon R2). The data...
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    The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The Magnetic Fields of the IC 348 Star-forming Region
    We present 850 μm polarization observations of the IC 348 star-forming region in the Perseus molecular cloud as part of the B-fields In STar-forming Region...