HERTZ, A Submillimeter Polarimeter

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Mar 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997pasp..109..307s&link_type=abstract

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, v.109, p.307-318

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

35

Instrumentation: Polarimeters

Scientific paper

We describe a 32 pixel polarimeter, Hertz, for use at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. We present polarization maps of the Orion molecular cloud (OMC-1) at 350 \mum (46 detections) and 450 \mum (19 detections) with 3\sigma or better statistical significance. The 350 \mum polarization ranges from 1.4 to 6.8% with a median value of 3.3%. The position angles are fairly uniform across the souce at an angle of \sim30 degrees (east of north). We describe the design and performance characteristics of the polarimeter and discuss systematic effects due to telescope and instrumental polarization, atmospheric fluctuations, and reference beam flux. (SECTION: Astronomical Instrumentation)

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