Measuring cosmic magnetic fields with very large telescopes

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Apr 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009iaus..259..653k&link_type=abstract

Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Instrumentation: Polarimeters, Instrumentation: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Stars: Activity, Stars: Magnetic Fields

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We review general properties and capabilities of the instrumentation employed to diagnose cosmic magnetic fields using medium-size and large optical telescopes. During the last decade these spectropolarimeters and high-resolution spectrographs have been successfully used to detect and characterize magnetic fields in stars across the H-R diagram. A new generation of high-resolution spectropolarimeters will benefit from the large collecting area of the future E-ELT and currently operating 8-m class telescopes. We review plans to develop spectropolarimeters for these very large telescopes and outline a number of science cases where new spectropolarimetric instrumentation is expected to play a key role.

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