Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Dec 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000aas...197.1210h&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 197th AAS Meeting, #12.10; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.1420
Physics
Optics
1
Scientific paper
The Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) provides high resolution ( ~ 0.1-0.2 arcseconds) near-infrared ( ~1 & 2 microns) imaging polarimetry over a fairly large field ( ~ 10-20 arcseconds). We review the characteristics of the polarimetry optics determined from preflight thermal vacuum tests, and from in-orbit observations. We present an algorithm (with up-to-date coefficients) for calculating Stokes parameter images, and demonstrate its successful application to selected NICMOS observations. We also present information on error distributions, the NICMOS instrumental polarization, and the nature and origin of image artifacts in the polarized images. Finally, we suggest observational techniques for obtaining high-quality polarimetry with the instrument both from data already obtained (e.g. in the STScI archive) and observations acquired after the successful installation of the NICMOS Cooling Systsem (NCS). A more detailed discussion of the results can also be found in Hines, Schmidt & Schneider 2000, PASP, 112, 983. This work is supported by NASA grant NAG5-3042 to the NICMOS Instrument Definition team. NICMOS images were obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope which is administered by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Incorporated, under NASA contract NAS5-26555.
Hines Dean Carter
Schmidt Gary D.
Schneider Gerardo
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