SPARC4: A Simultaneous Polarimeter and Rapid Camera in 4 Bands
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2015-05-30 v1
Abstract
We present the basic concept of a new astronomical instrument: SPARC4 - Simultaneous Polarimeter and Rapid Camera in 4 bands. SPARC4 combines in one instrument: (i) photometric and polarimetric modes; (ii) sub-second time-resolution in photometric mode and excellent time-resolution in polarimetric mode; (iii) simultaneous imaging in four broad-bands for both modes. This combination will make SPARC4 a unique facility for ground-based optical observatories. Presently, the project is in its conceptual design phase.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1108.3455,
title = {SPARC4: A Simultaneous Polarimeter and Rapid Camera in 4 Bands},
author = {C. V. Rodrigues and F. J. Jablonski and K. Taylor and T. Dominici and R. Laporte and A. Pereyra and C. Strauss and A. M. Magalhaes and M. Assafin and A. Carciofi and J. E. R. Costa and D. Cieslinski and G. Franco and A. Kanaan and A. Milone and K. M. G. Silva},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.3455},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Poster presented at "Stellar Polarimetry: From birth to death". This article has been submitted to AIP Conference Proceedings. After it is published, it will be found at http://www.aip.org