Error analysis for dual-beam optical linear polarimetry

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Volumn 118, Issue 839, 2006, Pages 146-161

  Patat, Ferdinando ^a   Romaniello, Martino ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

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EID: 33244492675     PISSN: 00046280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497581     Document Type: Review

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