ACS Monitoring of the Polarization of the Crab Nebula

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Jul 2003

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HST Proposal ID #9787

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Hst Proposal Id #9787 Ism And Circumstellar Matter

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We propose to use the ACS to follow the changing polarization of relativistically moving wisps in the Crab Nebula. Making use of the known geometry of the wisps, these observations will allow us to fully characterize the radiation field from the wisps as a function of direction relative to the axis of the wisp. These observations will provide detailed information on such hard-to-measure properties as the pitch-angle distribution of the radiating particles, and will help to constrain models of the flow. More generally, these observations will add to the already rich observational legacy of HST on what is arguably the most important single object in astrophysics.

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