Abstract

A Swedish-built uv spectropolarimeter to be launched on a Soviet satellite in the Intercosmos series is described. The scientific objective is to record linear polarization across monochromatic solar images formed in resonance lines in the 130–150-nm wavelength region. This polarization arises by coherent scattering in the chromosphere–corona transition region of the sun. The instrument uses two parallel optical channels with highly different polarizing properties. The polarization analysis is done by reflection at gold-coated mirrors. The uv calibrations of the two flight models are described.

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