Collaborative Proposal: A High Precision IR Imaging Polarimeter for Use With The MMT AO Secondary

这是一个建造近红外成像偏振仪的项目，用于MMT(以前的多镜望远镜)6.5米处的自适应光学次级设备。这种仪器将提供自适应光学二次提供的高空间分辨率成像与更高的偏振精度的组合，因为与其他系统相比，光学系统中的反射次数最少。该仪器适用于广泛的天体物理学，并将允许对原行星盘、活动星系核、彗星和红巨风进行近红外高空间分辨率偏振测量。

This is a project to build a near infrared imaging polarimeter for use with the adaptive optics secondary at the MMT (formerly the Multiple Mirror Telescope) 6.5meter. Such an instrument will provide a combination of high spatial resolution imaging which the adaptive optics secondary provides along with increased polarimetric precision because of the minimal number of reflections in the optical system when compared with other systems. This instrument is applicable to a broad range of astrophysics and will permit near-infrared high spatial resolution polarization measurements of proto-planetary discs, active galactic nuclei, comets and red giant winds.