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Table 10.

Measurements of the flux ratio fB/fA and the (S/N)B of α Hyi A and B, using different coronagraphic configurations of SPHERE/ZIMPOL.

Instrument configuration fB/fA (S/N)B Figs.
Coro / Angle, Filter, nDIT × tDIT[s] (10−3)
Test A: CLC-S-WF without / with pupil stop, pupil stabilized
Without stop NB730 10 × 8 a 5.2 19
With stop NB730 10 × 8 a 9.7 19
Test B: different coronagraphic configurations
off coro,ND2b I-PRIM 10×1.1 5.6 4.8 21
CLC-S-WF I-PRIM 10 × 3 5.3 12.2 21
CLC-MT-WF I-PRIM 10 × 3 4.0 11.6 21
4QPM2 N_I 20 × 3 a 10.3 21
4QPM2 Cnt820 20 × 3 a 9.1
off coro,ND2b R-PRIM 10×1.1 2.7 3.5
CLC-S-WF R-PRIM 10 × 3 3.2 8.2
CLC-MT-WF R-PRIM 10 × 3 2.6 8.0
Test C: different rotation angles with CLC-S-WF
I-PRIM 20 × 3 5.3 12.2
60° I-PRIM 20 × 3 3.7 5.2
120° I-PRIM 20 × 3 5.3 10.0
mean I-PRIM 4.7±0.8 10.0
median-subtr. I-PRIM 3.6c 15.9
R-PRIM 20 × 3 2.7 5.8 22
60° R-PRIM 20 × 3 2.1 3.3 22
120° R-PRIM 20 × 3 3.1 4.6 22
Mean R-PRIM 2.6±0.5 4.6 22
median-subtr. R-PRIM 1.6c 10.5 22

Notes. Commissioning data taken on 2014-10-10 between UT 7:40 and 8:50;

(a)

no fA flux available;

(b)

PSF parameters for this test are given in Table 7 and they are representative for all α Hyi data;

(c)

flux ratio affected by self-subtraction.

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