| Name | SDP_mharwit_1 |
| Title | Demonstration of HIFI Linear Polarization Analysis of Spectral Features |
| URL | http://archives.esac.esa.int/hsa/whsa-tap-server/data?retrieval_type=OBSERVATION&observation_id=1342192530&instrument_name=HIFI&product_level=LEVEL0&compress=true |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-dka1ac4 |
| Author | harwit, m. |
| Description | We propose to observe the polarization of the 621 GHzwater vapor maser in VY Canis Majoris to demonstrate the capability of HIFI to make polarization observations of Far-Infrared/Submillimeter spectral lines.The proposed Demonstration Phase would:- Show that HIFI is capable of interesting linear polarization measurements of spectral lines;- Test out the highest spectral resolving power to sortout closely spaced Doppler components;- Determine whether the relative intensities predictedby Neufeld and Melnick are correct;- Record the degree and direction of linear polarizationfor the closely-Doppler shifted peaks. |
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| Instrument | HIFI_HifiPoint_dbs |
| Temporal Coverage | 2010-03-21T05:57:21Z/2010-04-11T19:50:35Z |
| Version | SPG v14.1.0 |
| Mission Description | Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009! It is the fourth cornerstone mission in the ESA science programme. With a 3.5 m Cassegrain telescope it is the largest space telescope ever launched. It is performing photometry and spectroscopy in approximately the 55-671 µm range, bridging the gap between earlier infrared space missions and groundbased facilities. |
| Creator Contact | https://support.cosmos.esa.int/h®erschel/ |
| Date Published | 2010-05-21T16:52:53Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-02 |
| Keywords | Herschel Space Observatory data, ESA Herschel mission dataset, far-infrared astronomy observations, submillimeter astronomy data, infrared space telescope observations, PACS photometer data, PACS spectrometer data, SPIRE photometer data, SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer data, HIFI heterodyne spectroscopy data, far-infrared spectroscopy dataset, submillimeter spectral line observations, cold universe observations dataset, star formation infrared data, molecular cloud far-infrared observations, interstellar medium spectroscopy data, protoplanetary disk infrared observations, galaxy evolution far-infrared data, dust emission submillimeter observations, cosmic infrared background measurements, extragalactic infrared survey data, calibrated level 2 data products, FITS files astronomy, spectral cubes far-infrared, flux-calibrated maps, continuum photometry data, spectral energy distribution measurements, ESA Herschel Science Archive data |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, harwit et al., 2010, 'Demonstration of HIFI Linear Polarization Analysis of Spectral Features', SPG v14.1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-dka1ac4 |