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A multiband two-beam optical and infrared polarimeter

J. H. Hough, Thomas G. Peacock, Jeremy Bailey

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A new polarimeter capable of simultaneous observations in the U, B, V, R and I optical bands and one of the J, H, K, L and M near-infrared bands has been constructed. The polarimeter has good polarization efficiency and sensitivity in all bands and has an instrumental polarization < 0.03 per cent. The polarimeter has been used for a number of different astrophysical programs.

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A new polarimeter capable of simultaneous observations in the U, B, V, R and I optical bands and one of the J, H, K, L and M near-infrared bands has been constructed. The polarimeter has good polarization efficiency and sensitivity in all bands and has an instrumental polarization < 0.03 per cent. The polarimeter has been used for a number of different astrophysical programs.

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A new polarimeter capable of simultaneous observations in the U, B, V, R and I optical bands and one of the J, H, K, L and M near-infrared bands has been constructed. The polarimeter has good polarization efficiency and sensitivity in all bands and has an instrumental polarization < 0.03 per cent. The polarimeter has been used for a number of different astrophysical programs.

Key concepts: Polarimeter, Physics, Polarization (electrochemistry), Infrared, Polarimetry, Optics, Astrophysics, Scattering

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