The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry-BLASTPol: performance and results from the 2010 Antarctic flight
The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) is a suborbital mapping experiment designed to study the role played by magnetic fields in the star formation process. BLASTPol uses a total power instrument and an achromatic half-wave plate to modulate the polariza...
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ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:71493 2023-05-15T13:55:46+02:00 The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry-BLASTPol: performance and results from the 2010 Antarctic flight Pascale, Enzo Moncelsi, Lorenzo Mroczkowski, Tony K. Stepp, Larry M. Gilmozzi, Roberto Hall, Helen J. 2012-09-27 application/pdf https://authors.library.caltech.edu/71493/ https://authors.library.caltech.edu/71493/1/844415.pdf https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20161026-080636128 en eng Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) https://authors.library.caltech.edu/71493/1/844415.pdf Pascale, Enzo and Moncelsi, Lorenzo and Mroczkowski, Tony K. (2012) The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry-BLASTPol: performance and results from the 2010 Antarctic flight. In: Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes IV. Proceedings of SPIE. No.8444. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) , Bellingham, WA, Art. No. 844415. ISBN 978-0-8194-9145-9. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20161026-080636128 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20161026-080636128> other Book Section PeerReviewed 2012 ftcaltechauth 2021-11-18T18:39:29Z The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) is a suborbital mapping experiment designed to study the role played by magnetic fields in the star formation process. BLASTPol uses a total power instrument and an achromatic half-wave plate to modulate the polarization signal. During its first flight from Antarctica in December 2010, BLASTPol made degree scale maps of linearly polarized dust emission from molecular clouds in three wavebands centered at 250, 350, and 500 μm. This unprecedented dataset in terms of sky coverage, with sub-arcminute resolution, allows BLASTPol to trace magnetic fields in star-forming regions at scales ranging from cores to entire molecular cloud complexes. A second long-duration flight is scheduled for December 2012. Book Part Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) Antarctic |
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The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) is a suborbital mapping experiment designed to study the role played by magnetic fields in the star formation process. BLASTPol uses a total power instrument and an achromatic half-wave plate to modulate the polarization signal. During its first flight from Antarctica in December 2010, BLASTPol made degree scale maps of linearly polarized dust emission from molecular clouds in three wavebands centered at 250, 350, and 500 μm. This unprecedented dataset in terms of sky coverage, with sub-arcminute resolution, allows BLASTPol to trace magnetic fields in star-forming regions at scales ranging from cores to entire molecular cloud complexes. A second long-duration flight is scheduled for December 2012. |
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The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry-BLASTPol: performance and results from the 2010 Antarctic flight |
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https://authors.library.caltech.edu/71493/1/844415.pdf Pascale, Enzo and Moncelsi, Lorenzo and Mroczkowski, Tony K. (2012) The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry-BLASTPol: performance and results from the 2010 Antarctic flight. In: Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes IV. Proceedings of SPIE. No.8444. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) , Bellingham, WA, Art. No. 844415. ISBN 978-0-8194-9145-9. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20161026-080636128 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20161026-080636128> |
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