Computer Science
Scientific paper
Feb 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001acs..rept....1w&link_type=abstract
Instrument Science Report ACS 2001-01, 17 pages
Computer Science
Hubble Space Telescope, Hst, Space Telescope Science Institute, Advanced Camera For Surveys, Acs, Stsci
Scientific paper
The Advanced Camera for Surveys has two sets of polarizers optimized for the UV-blue (POL_UV) and the visible-red (POL_V). The polarization properties of the two polarizers, including the effects of the reflection from the third mirror in the optical train, have been computed for all the possible filters in both the Wide Field and High Resolution Cameras. Tables of the essential properties for polarization measurement of all the ACS filters are presented. The maximal differences in the polarization and the position angle, computed neglecting the polarization effects of the third mirror and assuming perfect polarizers, are tabulated. The tables provide a comparative assessment of the quality of the polarization measurements between the different filters. The data will be compared with ground-based and in-flight calibrations to refine the polarization properties, especially for the most popular filters.
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