The Hinode Spectro-Polarimeter

The joint Japan/US/UK Hinode mission includes the first large-aperture visible-light solar telescope flown in space. One component of the Focal Plane Package of that telescope is a precision spectro-polarimeter designed to measure full Stokes spectra with the intent of using those spectra to infer t...

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Published in:Solar physics 2013-04, Vol.283 (2), p.579-599
Main Authors: Lites, B. W., Akin, D. L., Card, G., Cruz, T., Duncan, D. W., Edwards, C. G., Elmore, D. F., Hoffmann, C., Katsukawa, Y., Katz, N., Kubo, M., Ichimoto, K., Shimizu, T., Shine, R. A., Streander, K. V., Suematsu, A., Tarbell, T. D., Title, A. M., Tsuneta, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Atmospheric Sciences
Magnetic fields
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Solar physics
Space Exploration and Astronautics
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics
Space telescopes
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Summary:The joint Japan/US/UK Hinode mission includes the first large-aperture visible-light solar telescope flown in space. One component of the Focal Plane Package of that telescope is a precision spectro-polarimeter designed to measure full Stokes spectra with the intent of using those spectra to infer the magnetic-field vector at high precision in the solar photosphere. This article describes the characteristics of the flight hardware of the Hinode Spectro-Polarimeter , and summarizes its in-flight performance.
ISSN:0038-0938
1573-093X
DOI:10.1007/s11207-012-0206-3