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=== Documents === == Documents ==
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 * XPOL—the Correlation Polarimeter at the IRAM 30-m Telescope
   [[attachment:thum_2008_xpol.pdf|Thum et al. 2008]], PASP, 120, 777
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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
   [[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 in "Classical Optics"]]
 * The sign of Stokes V
   in 30m observations with XPOL has been determined through several methods. They are described in [[attachment:stokesVpage.ps| this short note.]]

Polarimetry at the 30m telescope

Documents

Background material

  • IAU definition of Stokes Parameters
  • The sign of Stokes V
    • in 30m observations with XPOL has been determined through several methods. They are described in this short note.

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