Polarimetry at the 30m telescope

Documents

XPOL—the Correlation Polarimeter at the IRAM 30-m Telescope
- Thum et al. 2008, PASP, 120, 777
Measurement of the Crab nebula polarization at 90 GHz as a calibrator for CMB experiments
- Aumont et al. 2010
Polarimetry with EMIR/XPOL - commisioning report (August 2010)
- Wiesemeyer, Thum 2010, IRAM Report

IAU definition of Stokes Parameters
- They are found here. Radioastronomy, including the 30m telescope, uses these definitions. Note however that according to this definition the sign of Stokes V is opposite to the convention in classical optics as described by Born & Wolf
The sign of Stokes V

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== Documents ==

 * XPOL—the Correlation Polarimeter at the IRAM 30-m Telescope
   [[attachment:thum_2008_xpol.pdf|Thum et al. 2008]], PASP, 120, 777 
 * Measurement of the Crab nebula polarization at 90 GHz as a calibrator for CMB experiments 
   [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...514A..70A|Aumont et al. 2010]]
 * Polarimetry with EMIR/XPOL - commisioning report (August 2010)
   [[attachment:wiesemeyer-2010-polarimetry-v3.pdf|Wiesemeyer, Thum 2010, IRAM Report]]

== Background material ==

 * IAU definition of Stokes Parameters
   [[attachment:IAUdefs.pdf|They are found here.]]
   Radioastronomy, including the 30m telescope, uses these definitions. Note however that according 
   to this definition the sign of Stokes V is opposite to the convention in classical optics as described
   by [[attachment:bornWolf.pdf|Born & Wolf]] 
 * The sign of Stokes V