Extremely Large Telescope: publications

Efficient solution of the anisotropic spherically-aligned axisymmetric Jeans equations of stellar hydrodynamics for galactic dynamics

(2019)

Better support for collaborations preparing for large-scale projects: the case study of the LSST Science Collaborations Astro2020 APC White Paper

(2019)

Authors:

Federica B Bianco, Manda Banerji, John Bochanski, William N Brandt, Patricia Burchat, John Gizis, Zeljko Ivezić, Charles Keaton, Sugata Kaviraj, Tom Loredo, Rachel Mandelbaum, Phil Marshall, Peregrine McGehee, Chad Schafer, Megan E Schwamb, Jennifer L Sokoloski, Michael A Strauss, Rachel Street, David Trilling, Aprajita Verma

Galaxy formation and evolution science in the era of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Nature Reviews Physics Springer Nature 1:7 (2019) 450-462

Authors:

Brant E Robertson, Manda Banerji, Sarah Brough, Roger L Davies, Henry C Ferguson, Ryan Hausen, Sugata Kaviraj, Jeffrey A Newman, Samuel J Schmidt, J Anthony Tyson, Risa H Wechsler

Six new supermassive black hole mass determinations from adaptive-optics assisted SINFONI observations

Astronomy and Astrophysics EDP Sciences 625 (2019) A62

Authors:

S Thater, D Krajnovic, Michele Cappellari, TA Davis, PT De Zeeuw, RM McDermid, M Sarzi

RoboPol: a four-channel optical imaging polarimeter

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 485:2 (2019) 2355-2366

Authors:

AN Ramaprakash, CV Rajarshi, HK Das, P Khodade, D Modi, G Panopoulou, S Maharana, D Blinov, E Angelakis, C Casadio, L Fuhrmann, T Hovatta, S Kiehlmann, OG King, N Kylafis, A Kougentakis, A Kus, A Mahabal, A Marecki, I Myserlis, G Paterakis, E Paleologou, I Liodakis, I Papadakis, I Papamastorakis, V Pavlidou, E Pazderski, TJ Pearson, ACS Readhead, P Reig, A Słowikowska, K Tassis, JA Zensus

Abstract:

ABSTRACT We present the design and performance of RoboPol, a four-channel optical polarimeter operating at the Skinakas Observatory in Crete, Greece. RoboPol is capable of measuring both relative linear Stokes parameters q and u (and the total intensity I) in one sky exposure. Though primarily used to measure the polarization of point sources in the R band, the instrument features additional filters (B, V, and I), enabling multiwavelength imaging polarimetry over a large field of view (13.6′ × 13.6′). We demonstrate the accuracy and stability of the instrument throughout its 5 yr of operation. Best performance is achieved within the central region of the field of view and in the R band. For such measurements the systematic uncertainty is below 0.1 per cent in fractional linear polarization, p (0.05 per cent maximum likelihood). Throughout all observing seasons the instrumental polarization varies within 0.1 per cent in p and within ∼1° in polarization angle.

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