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1997PASP..109..307S - Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 109, 307-318 (1997/March-0)

HERTZ, a submillimeter polarimeter.

SCHLEUNING D.A., DOWELL C.D., HILDEBRAND R.H., PLATT S.R. and NOVAK G.

Abstract (from CDS):

We describe a 32 pixel polarimeter, Hertz, for use at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. We present polarization maps of the Orion molecular cloud (OMC-1) at 350 \mum (46 detections) and 450 \mum (19 detections) with 3σor better statistical significance. The 350 \mum polarization ranges from 1.4 to 6.8% with a median value of 3.3%. The position angles are fairly uniform across the souce at an angle of ∼30 degrees (east of north). We describe the design and performance characteristics of the polarimeter and discuss systematic effects due to telescope and instrumental polarization, atmospheric fluctuations, and reference beam flux.

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Journal keyword(s): Astronomical Instrumentation

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