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The Removal of Artificially Generated Polarization in SHARP Maps
Michael Attard, Martin Houde, Giles Novak +1
We characterize the problem of artificial polarization for the Submillimeter High Angular Resolution Polarimeter (SHARP) through the use of simulated data and observations made at…
Far-infrared polarimetry from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
J. E. Vaillancourt, D. T. Chuss, R. M. Crutcher +8
Multi-wavelength imaging polarimetry at far-infrared wavelengths has proven to be an excellent tool for studying the physical properties of dust, molecular clouds, and magnetic fie…
Astronomical Image Processing with Array Detectors
Martin Houde, John E. Vaillancourt
We address the question of astronomical image processing from data obtained with array detectors. We define and analyze the cases of evenly, regularly, and irregularly sampled maps…
Polarized Emission from Interstellar Dust
John E. Vaillancourt
Observations of far-infrared (FIR) and submillimeter (SMM) polarized emission are used to study magnetic fields and dust grains in dense regions of the interstellar medium (ISM). T…
Placing Confidence Limits on Polarization Measurements
John E. Vaillancourt
The determination of the true source polarization given a set of measurements is complicated by the requirement that the polarization always be positive. This positive bias also hi…
Origins of the 1/4 keV Soft X-Ray Background
Eric C. Bellm, John E. Vaillancourt
Snowden and coworkers have presented a model for the 1/4 keV soft X-ray diffuse background in which the observed flux is dominated by a ~ 10^6 K thermal plasma located in a 100-300…