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Principles of operation of solar magnetographs

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The principles of operation of photoelectric solar magnetographs are described in terms of the Poincaré sphere. The performance of photographic methods for measuring solar magnetic fields is compared with that of photoelectric magnetographs.

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Beckers, J.M. Principles of operation of solar magnetographs. Sol Phys 5, 15–28 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00147116

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