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Towards observational MHD. Advances in spectropolarimetry and the prospects for the E-ELT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2011
Abstract
Polarization and wavelength are the bits of information attached to every photon that reveal the most about its formation and subsequent history. The E-ELT will, for the foreseeable future, be the most powerful optical light-collecting machine ever built. The strength of its combination, spectropolarimetry with the E-ELT, is the anchorage in physics of astronomical observations. I present a strawman design of a spectropolarimeter for its intermediate focus.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S274: Advances in Plasma Astrophysics , September 2010 , pp. 274 - 279
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- Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011