3C 286: A bright, compact, stable, and highly polarized calibrator for millimeter-wavelength observations

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 541, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Agudo, I ^a,b   Thum, C ^c   Wiesemeyer, H ^d,e   Molina, S N ^a   Casadio, C ^a   Gomez J L ^a   Emmanoulopoulos, D ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IRAM   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^e Instituto de Radio Astronomia Milimetrica   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Instrumentation: polarimeters; Polarization; Quasars: individual: 3C 286; Radio continuum: general; Submillimeter: general; Techniques: polarimetric

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTATION: POLARIMETERS; QUASARS: INDIVIDUAL; RADIO CONTINUUM: GENERAL; SUBMILLIMETER: GENERALS; TECHNIQUES: POLARIMETRIC;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES; POLARIMETERS; TELESCOPES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84860741334     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201218801     Document Type: Article

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