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Polarimetry at the 30m telescope

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

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- * Measurement of the Crab nebula polarization at 90 GHz as a calibrator for CMB experiments
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- * [[attachment:thum_2008_xpol.pdf|Thum et al. 2008]], PASP, 120, 777 "XPOL—the Correlation Polarimeter at the IRAM 30-m Telescope"
 * [[attachment:wiesemeyer-2010-polarimetry-v3.pdf|Wiesemeyer, Thum 2010, IRAM Report]]
+ * 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

 * The sign of Stokes V