| 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 GHz water 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 sort out closely spaced Doppler components; - Determine whether the relative intensities predicted by Neufeld and Melnick are correct; - Record the degree and direction of linear polarization for the closely-Doppler shifted peaks. |
| Publication | Polarisation observations of VY Canis Majoris H2O 532-441 620.701 GHz maser emission with HIFI . Harwit M. et al. . Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 521, id.L51, 5 pp. . 521 . 10.1051/0004-6361/201015042 . 2010A&A...521L..51H , |
| 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 |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, 2010-05-21T16:52:53Z, SDP_mharwit_1, SPG v14.1.0. https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-dka1ac4 |