Stray-light correction in magnetograph observations using the maximum entropy method |
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| Authors: | Chae Jongchul Yun Hong Sik Sakurai Takashi Ichimoto Kiyoshi |
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| Institution: | (1) Big Bear Solar Observatory, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA, 92314, U.S.A.;(2) Department of Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151–742, Korea;(3) National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181, Japan |
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| Abstract: | We have developed a method of stray-light correction which is applicable to filter-based magnetograph observations. Stray-light-corrected Stokes images are obtained by performing the deconvolution of observed Stokes images by the point spread function which is determined from the Stokes I image. For image deconvolution, the maximum entropy principle is used to guarantee that intensity should be positive and polarization degrees should be less than unity. We present an iterative algorithm for the maximum entropy method, which seeks the solution in Fourier space and thus accomplishes fast convergence. We find that our method is effective in correcting stray light which has a spread angle greater than the full width at half maximum of the point spread function. We also discuss the effect of stray light on magnetograph calibration. |
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