Polarimetric Standardization
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The use of polarimetric techniques is nowadays widespread among solar and stellar astronomers. However, notwithstanding the recommandations that have often been made about the publication of polarimetric results in the astronomical literature, we are still far from having a standard protocol on which to conform. In this paper we review the basic definitions and the physical significance of the Stokes parameters, and we propose a standardization of the measurement of polarized radiation.
to be published in: "The Future of Photometric, Spectrophotometric, and Polarimetric Standardization", ASP Conference Series, C. Sterken (ed.)
to be published in: "The Future of Photometric, Spectrophotometric, and Polarimetric Standardization", ASP Conference Series, C. Sterken (ed.)