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计的项目，用于6.5米的MMT（以前的多镜望远镜）的自适应光学辅助。这种仪器将提供高空间分辨率成像的组合，这是自适应光学辅助系统提供的，同时由于光学系统中反射的数量最少，与其他系统相比，它还提高了偏振精度。该仪器适用于广泛的天体物理学，并将允许近红外高空间分辨率偏振测量原行星盘，活动星系核，彗星和红巨星风。

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.