Astrophysical: Polarimetry

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    A suite of community tools for spectro-polarimetric analysis .
    The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has undertaken a 3-year initiative to develop the Community Spectro-polarimetric Analysis Center (CSAC). The...
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    Analyse multi-echelle des champs magnetiques dans des nuages moleculaires a structures filamentaires
    Together with other observational methods, visible and near infra-red polarimetry can help to understand the morphology of magnetic fields in the neighborhood...
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    Astrophysical spectropolarimetry
    The polarization of light is the key to obtaining a wealth of essential information that lies encoded in the electromagnetic radiation from cosmic objects...
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    CASPER: A mission to study the time-dependent evolution of the magnetic solar chromosphere and transition regions
    Our knowledge about the solar chromosphere and transition region (TR) has increased in the last decade thanks to the huge scientific return of space-borne...
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    CHromospheric magnetic fields in fLAREs and their evolution CHLARE
    This project aims to study the variations of the solar magnetic field in flares, the most energetic events in our solar system. Flares accelerate charged...
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    Continuum intensity and magnetic flux of solar fluxtubes
    The continuum contrast between flux tubes and their quiet background, and the magnetic flux carried by these magnetic elements, have been determined at...
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    Dramatic Drop in the X-Ray Polarization of Swift J1727.8–1613 in the Soft Spectral State
    Black hole X-ray binaries exhibit different spectral and timing properties in different accretion states. The X-ray outburst of a recently discovered and...
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    Evaluating the Reliability of a Simple Method to Map the Magnetic Field Azimuth in the Solar Chromosphere
    The Zeeman effect is of limited utility for probing the magnetism of the quiet solar chromosphere. The Hanle effect in some spectral lines is sensitive to such...
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    Evidence for the Operation of the Hanle and Magneto-optical Effects in the Scattering Polarization Signals Observed by CLASP2 across the Mg II h and k Lines
    Radiative transfer investigations of the solar Mg II h and k resonance lines around 280 nm have shown that, while their circular polarization (Stokes V) signals...