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Imaging Stars by Performing Full-Stokes Optical Interferometric Polarimetry

  • Elias, Nicholas M. II (Array Operations Center, National Radio Astronomy Observatory) ;
  • Edel, Stanislav S. (Department of Physics, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology) ;
  • Jones, Carol E. (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario) ;
  • Mackay, Frances E. (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario) ;
  • Mozurkewich, David (Seabrook Engineering) ;
  • Jorgensen, Anders M. (Department of Electrical Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology) ;
  • Schmitt, Henrique R. (Computational Physics Incorporated)
  • Received : 2011.12.02
  • Accepted : 2012.02.02
  • Published : 2012.03.15
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Abstract

Optical interferometry and polarimetry have separately provided new insights into stellar astronomy, especially in the fields of fundamental parameters and atmospheric models. We present: scientific justifications for "full-Stokes" optical interferometric polarimetry (OIP); updated instrument requirements; preliminary beam combiner designs; polarimeter design; end-to-end OIP data reduction; and realistic reimaged full-Stokes models of Be stars with a suitable number of telescopes plus noise sources. All of this work represents preliminary research to construct an OIP beam combiner.

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