The NIKA polarimeter on science targets: Crab nebula observations at 150 GHz and dual-band polarization images of Orion Molecular Cloud OMC-1

We present here the polarization system of the NIKA camera and give a summary of the main results obtained and performed studies on Orion and the Crab nebula. The polarization system was equipped with a room temperature continuously rotating multi-mesh half wave plate and a grid polarizer facing the...

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Main Authors: Ritacco A., Adam R., Ade P., André P., Andrianasolo A., Aussel H., Beelen A., Benoît A., Bideaud A., Bourrion O., Calvo M., Catalano A., Comis B., De Petris M., Désert F.-X., Doyle S., Driessen E.F.C., Gomez A., Goupy J., Kéruzoré F., Kramer C., Ladjelate B., Lagache G., Leclercq S., Lestrade J.-F., Macías-Pérez J.F., Mauskopf P., Maury A., Mayet F., Monfardini A., Perotto L., Pisano G., Ponthieu N., Revéret V., Romero C., Roussel H., Ruppin F., Schuster K., Shu S., Sievers A., Tucker C., Zylka R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2020-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2020/04/epjconf_mmuniverse2019_00021.pdf