The Hertz/SMT Submillimeter Polarimeter

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Dec 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...20913001c&link_type=abstract

2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #130.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The Hertz instrument is a 350 micron polarimeter operating on the SMT on Mt. Graham in Arizona. This polarimeter uses variable-delay polarization modulators (VPMs) to switch the polarization state of the incoming radiation before detection. These modulators operate by introducing a variable phase delay between orthogonal linear polarization states. For Hertz, two such modulators are used in series in order to fully characterize the polarization state of the astronomical polarization. We present the preliminary instrument characterization from the first light tests of the instrument.

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