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most citedThe Magnetic Field Morphology of the Class 0 Protostar L1157-mm

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astro-ph.GA2018★ 21 cited

Submillimeter Polarization Spectrum of the Carina Nebula

Jamil A. Shariff, Peter A. R. Ade, Francesco E. Angilè +27

Linear polarization maps of the Carina Nebula were obtained at 250, 350, and 500 m during the 2012 flight of the BLASTPol balloon-borne telescope. These measurements are combine…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 76 cited

Relative Alignment Between the Magnetic Field and Molecular Gas Structure in the Vela C Giant Molecular Cloud using Low and High Density Tracers

Laura M. Fissel, Peter A. R. Ade, Francesco E. Angilè +37

We compare the magnetic field orientation for the young giant molecular cloud Vela C inferred from 500-m polarization maps made with the BLASTPol balloon-borne polarimeter to th…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 36 cited

First Observation of the Submillimeter Polarization Spectrum in a Translucent Molecular Cloud

Peter C. Ashton, Peter A. R. Ade, Francesco E. Angilè +27

Polarized emission from aligned dust is a crucial tool for studies of magnetism in the ISM and a troublesome contaminant for studies of CMB polarization. In each case, an understan…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 107 cited

On the relation between the column density structures and the magnetic field orientation in the Vela C molecular complex

J. D. Soler, P. A. R. Ade, F. E. Angilè +27

We statistically evaluate the relative orientation between gas column density structures, inferred from Herschel submillimetre observations, and the magnetic field projected on the…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 18 cited

Comparing submillimeter polarized emission with near-infrared polarization of background stars for the Vela C molecular cloud

Fabio P. Santos, Peter A. R. Ade, Francesco E. Angile +27

We present a large-scale combination of near-infrared (near-IR) interstellar polarization data from background starlight with polarized emission data at submillimeter (sub-mm) wave…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 40 cited

Submillimeter Polarization Spectrum in the Vela C Molecular Cloud

Natalie N. Gandilo, Peter A. R. Ade, Francesco E. Angilè +27

Polarization maps of the Vela C molecular cloud were obtained at 250, 350, and 500um during the 2012 flight of the balloon-borne telescope BLASTPol. These measurements are used in…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 114 cited

Balloon-Borne Submillimeter Polarimetry of the Vela C Molecular Cloud: Systematic Dependence of Polarization Fraction on Column Density and Local Polarization-Angle Dispersion

Laura M. Fissel, Peter A. R. Ade, Francesco E. Angilè +27

We present results for Vela C obtained during the 2012 flight of the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol). We mapped polarized intensity…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 23 cited

Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments

N. N. Gandilo, P. A. R. Ade, M. Amiri +64

An attitude determination system for balloon-borne experiments is presented. The system provides pointing information in azimuth and elevation for instruments flying on stratospher…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 13 cited

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry-BLASTPol: Performance and results from the 2012 Antarctic flight

N. Galitzki, P. A. R. Ade, F. E. Angilé +22

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…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 13 cited

Thermal design and performance of the balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry BLASTPol

J. D. Soler, P. A. R. Ade, F. E. Angilè +25

We present the thermal model of the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol). This instrument was successfully flown in two circumpolar fligh…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 4 cited

BLASTbus electronics: general-purpose readout and control for balloon-borne experiments

S. J. Benton, P. A. Ade, M. Amiri +66

We present the second generation BLASTbus electronics. The primary purposes of this system are detector readout, attitude control, and cryogenic housekeeping, for balloon-borne tel…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 16 cited

Comparison of Prestellar Core Elongations and Large-Scale Molecular Cloud Structures in the Lupus I Region

F. Poidevin, P. A. R. Ade, F. E. Angile +28

Turbulence and magnetic fields are expected to be important for regulating molecular cloud formation and evolution. However, their effects on subparsec to 100 parsec scales, leadin…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 48 cited

Lupus I Observations from the 2010 Flight of the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry

Tristan G. Matthews, Peter A. R. Ade, Francesco E. Angilè +29

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) was created by adding polarimetric capability to the BLAST experiment that was flown in 2003, 20…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 106 cited

Alignment Between Flattened Protostellar Infall Envelopes and Ambient Magnetic Fields

Nicholas L. Chapman, Jacqueline A. Davidson, Paul F. Goldsmith +10

We present 350 micron polarization observations of four low-mass cores containing Class 0 protostars: L483, L1157, L1448-IRS2, and Serp-FIR1. This is the second paper in a larger s…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 119 cited

The Magnetic Field Morphology of the Class 0 Protostar L1157-mm

Ian W. Stephens, Leslie W. Looney, Woojin Kwon +9

We present the first detection of polarization around the Class 0 low-mass protostar L1157-mm at two different wavelengths. We show polarimetric maps at large scales (10" resolutio…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 34 cited

Empirical modelling of the BLASTPol achromatic half-wave plate for precision submillimetre polarimetry

Lorenzo Moncelsi, Peter Ade, Francesco Elio Angile +18

A cryogenic achromatic half-wave plate (HWP) for submillimetre astronomical polarimetry has been designed, manufactured, tested, and deployed in the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Su…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 69 cited

Magnetic Field Structure around Low-Mass Class 0 Protostars: B335, L1527 and IC348-SMM2

J. A. Davidson, G. Novak, T. G. Matthews +6

We report new 350 micron polarization observations of the thermal dust emission from the cores surrounding the low-mass, Class 0 YSOs L1527, IC348-SMM2 and B335. We have inferred m…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 30 cited

The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry: BLAST-Pol

Laura M. Fissel, Peter A. R. Ade, Francesco E. Angile +27

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLAST-Pol) is a suborbital mapping experiment designed to study the role played by magnetic fields in the…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 9 cited

Polarimetry of DG Tau at 350 microns

M. Krejny, T. Matthews, G. Novak +4

We present the first 350 micron polarization measurement for the disk of the T Tauri star (TTS) DG Tau. The data were obtained using the SHARP polarimeter at the Caltech Submillime…

astro-ph2008★ 18 cited

The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarization: BLAST-pol

G. Marsden, P. A. R. Ade, S. Benton +35

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital experiment designed to study the process of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky…