Improved data reduction for far-infrared/submillimeter polarimetry

L. Kirby; Jacqueline Davidson; J.L. Dotson; C.D. Dowell; R.H. Hildebrand

doi:10.1086/432783

Improved data reduction for far-infrared/submillimeter polarimetry

L. Kirby, Jacqueline Davidson, J.L. Dotson, C.D. Dowell, R.H. Hildebrand

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Fluctuations in atmospheric emission introduce noise and systematic errors into measurements of polarization at far- infrared and submillimeter wavelengths. We describe a new analysis method that corrects for the bias and reduces the errors caused by the fluctuations. The method exploits repeated observations of a source and is especially effective on faint sources for which the polarized flux is on the same order as the atmospheric fluctuations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	991-995
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume	117
Issue number	835
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/432783
Publication status	Published - 2005

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