Circular polarimetry: why and how |
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| Authors: | Jaap Tinbergen |
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| Institution: | 1. ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
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| Abstract: | Measurement of circular polarization is mostly looked upon as a specialist craft, applied by polarization freaks to answer uninteresting questions. This paper attempts to correct that view: some important questions can only be tackled by circular polarimetry, there is nothing very special about Stokes V and its measurement is entirely analogous to that of Q and U.Radio and optical polarimetry are covered, using both single telescopes and interferometers. |
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