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Spectropolarimetry with the NLST

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India’s National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) will provide opportunities to observe the Sun with high spatial, spectral, and polarimetric resolution. The large aperture also enables high-cadence spectropolarimetry with moderate spatial resolution. A multi-slit spectropolarimeter is planned as one of the back-end instruments for this powerful telescope, primarily to measure vector magnetic fields in both active and quiet regions. An integral-field unit added with the multi-slit spectropolarimeter will enable fast-cadence observation. Here we discuss the scientific requirements for such an instrument, along with advantages and limitations of the concept and preliminary design details.

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  1. Space Astronomy and Instrumentation Division, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, India

    K. Sankarasubramanian

  2. Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India

    S. S. Hasan & K. E. Rangarajan

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  1. Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore, 560034, India

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  2. Princetonplein 5, Utrecht, 3584 CC, Netherlands

    R. J. Rutten

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Sankarasubramanian, K., Hasan, S.S., Rangarajan, K.E. (2010). Spectropolarimetry with the NLST. In: Hasan, S., Rutten, R. (eds) Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02859-5_12

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