| Presenter: | Luca Zangrilli |
| Affiliation: | INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino |
| Title: | Solar corona observations with the liquid crystal polarimeter -- EKPol, during the March 29th, 2006 eclipse |
| Authors: | L. Zangrilli, S. Fineschi, E. Antonucci, G. Massone, G. Capobianco, F. Porcu, P. Calcidese |
| Form: | poster |
| Abstract: | We describe the calibration procedure and the data analysis of the solar corona observations obtained with the EKPol polarimeter, during the total solar eclipse of 29 March, 2006, in Waw an Amus, Lybia. The EKPol experiment is a K-corona imaging polarimeter, designed to measure the linear polarized radiation coming from the solar corona during the total solar eclipses. The EKPol concept is based on a liquid crystal variable retardance plate, which allows a polarimetric optics configuration without mechanically rotating polarimetric components. This instrument is also thought as a proof of concept for a polarimeter to be placed along the visible light path of the UltraViolet and Visible-light Coronal Imager (UVCI) of the Sounding-rocket Coronagraphic Experiment (SCORE). |
| Session: | 6. Coronal radio and infrared polarimetry |
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