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Commissioning Results of a New Polarimeter: Denver University Small Telescope Polarimeter (DUSTPol)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2015

T. M. Wolfe ,
R. Stencel  and
G. Cole
T. M. Wolfe
Affiliation:
University of Denver, Physics and Astronomy Department, Denver, CO, 80208, USA
R. Stencel
Affiliation:
University of Denver, Physics and Astronomy Department, Denver, CO, 80208, USA
G. Cole
Affiliation:
Starphysics Observatory, Reno, NV, USA email: Tristan.Wolfe@du.edu
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Abstract

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DUSTPol is a dual-beam polarimeter that operates in optical wavelengths, and was built to promote the study of linear polarimetry with smaller telescopes. DUSTPol's performance has demonstrated low instrumental polarization at 0.05 ± 0.02%. This poster presents commissioning results as well as early science observations, and describes software used for data reduction. Recent polarimetric results of RS CVn systems and Wolf-Rayet stars, discussed herein, indicate shape and interaction parameters. By promoting the development of similar polarimeters at other institutions, DUSTPol will serve to establish new collaborative surveys of cool active stars, as well as systems showing evidence of containing complex stellar environments.

Keywords

polarizationinstrumentation: polarimetersstandardsstars: Wolf-Rayetstars: activitystars: general
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Symposium S305: Polarimetry: From the Sun to Stars and Stellar Environments , December 2014 , pp. 200 - 206
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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