Second-order error propagation in the Mueller matrix of a spectropolarimeter

Astronomische Nachrichten

Volumn 333, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-229

  Ilyin, I ^a  

^a ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Instrumentation: Polarimeters; Instrumentation: Spectrographs; Stars: Magnetic fields; Techniques: Polari metric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859709840     PISSN: 00046337     EISSN: 15213994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asna.201211652     Document Type: Article

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