Full Stokes polarimetric observations with a single-dish radio telescope

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Volume 498 / No 2 (May I 2009)

A&A, 498 2 (2009) 591-599

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Table 1:

Summary of the adopted notation.
	A	p	P
Incoming radiation $\widetilde E ^a$	$E_{\rm R}, E_{\rm L}$	$\delta_{\rm R},\delta_{\rm L}$	$\Delta=\delta_{\rm R}-\delta_{\rm L}$
Cross term $\widetilde D$	$D_{\rm R} ,D_{\rm L}$	$\varphi_{\rm R},\varphi_{\rm L}$	$\Phi=\varphi_{\rm L}-\varphi_{\rm R}$
Receiver gain $\widetilde{G}$	$G_{\rm R},G_{\rm L}$	$\psi_{\rm R},\psi_{\rm L}$	$\Psi=\psi_{\rm L}-\psi_{\rm R}$
Total Power gain g	g₁,g₂	-	-
Polarimeter gain $\widetilde g$	g_Q,g_U	$\gamma_Q,\gamma_U$	-
Outgoing signal $\widetilde V$	$V_{\rm R},V_{\rm L}$	-	-

^a All complex quantities are expressed in the form $\widetilde{A}=A{\rm e}^{{\rm i}p}$ , where A is the amplitude
and p is the phase. P is the phase difference between the two channels.

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