TY - JOUR
T1 - Polarimetry research at the University of Florida
AU - Packham, C.
AU - Hough, J.
AU - Kolokolova, L.
AU - Telesco, C.M.
N1 - Original article can be found at : http://www.sciencedirect.com/ Copyright Elsevier [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The advent of large ( or larger) telescopes along with the new breed of mid-IR instrumentation opens a new window to diffraction-limited investigations of the nature of faint or crowded field astronomical objects at mid-IR wavelengths, such as young stars or dust enshrouded AGN. CanariCam, nearing completion at the University of Florida for the GranTeCan telescope, will offer for the first time in the mid-IR, a dual beam polarimetry mode. We also discuss the capabilities of the University of Florida's laboratory for polarimetric simulations of light scattering by dust particles.
AB - The advent of large ( or larger) telescopes along with the new breed of mid-IR instrumentation opens a new window to diffraction-limited investigations of the nature of faint or crowded field astronomical objects at mid-IR wavelengths, such as young stars or dust enshrouded AGN. CanariCam, nearing completion at the University of Florida for the GranTeCan telescope, will offer for the first time in the mid-IR, a dual beam polarimetry mode. We also discuss the capabilities of the University of Florida's laboratory for polarimetric simulations of light scattering by dust particles.
KW - astronomical instrumentation
KW - mid-infrared polarimetry
KW - laboratory polarimetry
U2 - 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.02.001
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-4073
VL - 88
SP - 285
EP - 295
JO - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
JF - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
IS - 1-3
ER -