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2006年

SIRPOL: a JHK(s)-simultaneous imaging polarimeter for the IRSF 1.4-m telescope

GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY, PTS 1- 3
  • Ryo Kandori
  • Nobuhiko Kusakabe
  • Motohide Tamura
  • Yasushi Nakajima
  • Takahiro Nagayama
  • Chie Nagashima
  • Jun Hashimoto
  • Jim Hough
  • Shuji Sato
  • Tetsuya Nagata
  • Akika Ishihara
  • Phil Lucas
  • Misato Fukagawa
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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.1117/12.670967
出版者・発行元
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING

We describe a polarimeter for the near-infrared camera SIRIUS mounted on the IRSF 1.4 m telescope in South Africa. The polarimeter, SIRPOL, consists of an achromatic (1 - 2.5 mu m) wave plate rotator unit and a polarizer located upstream of the camera, both of which are at a room temperature. This minimizes the effect of the mirrors in the camera on instrumental polarization. The combination of the polarimeter with the SIRIUS camera enables a deep (J = 19.2 mag, 5 sigma, in one hour) and wide-field (7.7' x 7.7) imaging polarimetry at JHK(s) simultaneously. The three color near-infrared polarimetry is useful for understanding the properties of dust grains that cause scattering and absorption in various environments (e.g., star forming regions, late-type stars, and galaxies). Using IRSF and SIRPOL, wide-field near-infrared polarization surveys in various star-forming regions are being conducted, starting from 2006, which aim to study both reflection nebulae associated with young stars and interstellar polarizations of background stars. In this contribution, we describe the hardware and software of SIRPOL and report its first results on the telescope.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670967
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000240348500161&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1117/12.670967
  • ISSN : 0277-786X
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000240348500161

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