Title
SPARC4 a simultaneous polarimeter and rapid camera in 4 bands
Date Issued
29 May 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Rodrigues C.V.
Jablonski F.J.
Taylor K.
Dominici T.
Laporte R.
Strauss C.
Magalhães A.M.
Assafin M.
Carciofi A.
Costa J.E.R.
Cieslinski D.
Franco G.
Kanaan A.
Milone A.
Silva K.M.G.
Observatório Nacional
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 timeresolution 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. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.
Start page
252
End page
255
Volume
1429
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Astronomía
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84861434977
Resource of which it is part
AIP Conference Proceedings
ISSN of the container
15517616
ISBN of the container
978-073541012-1
Conference
Stellar Polarimetry: From Birth to Death
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