What's going on?

• Observing at Pic du Midi: 2005 December, 15-21 (TBL): stellar spectropolarimetry

• Observing at Pic du Midi: 2005 August, 2-9 (TBL): stellar spectropolarimetry

• Observing at Pic du Midi: 2005 July, 10-15 (TBL): stellar spectropolarimetry

• Launch of the ATST France www-page for the French astrophysical community October 9, 2003

• THéMIS/MTR mode presentation (Santiago de Chile, Jan. 2001) [Powerpoint]

• The THéMIS/MTR Basic Reduction Software Package

  

• Cyberpaper: The 2nd solar spectrum @ THéMIS (July 2000; text in French)

List of publications

• Paletou F., Léger L., 2005, "Fast multilevel radiative transfer", JQSRT (submitted) astro-ph/0507021

• Donati J.-F., Paletou F., Bouvier J., Ferreira J., 2005, "Direct magnetic field detection in the innermost regions of an accretion disc", Nature 438, 466 (November 24, 2005) [PDF]

• Petit P., Donati J.-F., Aurière M., Landstreet J. D., Lignières F., Marsden S., Mouillet D., Paletou F., Toqué N., Wade G. A., 2005, "Large-scale magnetic field of the G8 dwarf xi Bootis A", MNRAS 361, 837 [electronic edition]

• López Ariste A., Casini R., Paletou F., Tomczyk S., Lites B.W., Semel M., Landi Degl'Innocenti E., Trujillo Bueno J., Balasubramaniam K.S., 2005, "Full-Stokes spectropolarimetry of H in prominences", ApJL 621, L145 [electronic edition]

• Ryabchikova T., Wade G. A., Aurière M., Bagnulo S., Donati J.-F., Jeffers S.V., Johnson N., Landstreet J.D., Lignières F., Lueftinger T., Marsden S., Mouillet D., Paletou F., Petit P., Reegen P., Silvester J., Strasser S., Toqué N., 2005, "Rotational periods of four roAp stars", A&A 429, L55 [electronic edition]

• Petit P., Donati J.-F., Oliveira J.M., Aurière M., Bagnulo S., Luftinger T., Marsden S., Mouillet D., Paletou F., Strasser S., Toqué N., Wade G.A., 2004, "Photospheric magnetic field and surface differential rotation of the FK Com star HD 199178", MNRAS 351, 826 [electronic edition]

• Chevallier L., Paletou F., Rutily B., 2003, "On the accuracy of the ALI method for solving the radiative transfer equation", A&A 411, 221-227 [electronic edition]

• Dumont A.-M., Collin S., Paletou F., Coupé S., Godet O., Pelat D., 2003, "Escape probability methods vs. exact transfer for modelling the X-ray spectrum of Active Galactic Nuclei and X-ray binaries", A&A 407, 13-30 [electronic edition]

• Paletou F., Aulanier G., 2003, "Spectropolarimetry of solar prominences", in Proc. of the 3rd Solar Polarization Workshop (Puerto de la Cruz, Sept. 2002), ASP Conf. Series 307, 458 [PDF]

• Paletou F., Aulanier G., 2003, "On the need of high resolution spectropolarimetric observations of prominences", in Proc. of the 21st NSO/SP Workshop (Sacramento Peak, NM, 11-15 March, 2002), ASP Conf. Series 286, 45-52 (FP's participation was kindly supported by the CNFA) [PDF]

• Paletou F., Molodij G., 2001, "THÉMIS multi-line spectropolarimetry", in Magnetic Fields across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, G. Mathys, S.K. Solanki and D.T. Wickramasinghe (Eds.), ASP Conf. Series 248, 617-620

• Arnaud J., Faurobert M., Vigneau J., Paletou F., 2001, "Scattering induced polarization and Hanle effect observations with THÉMIS", in Magnetic Fields across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, G. Mathys, S.K. Solanki and D.T. Wickramasinghe (Eds.), ASP Conf. Series 248, 93-98

• Paletou F., López Ariste A., Bommier V., Semel M., 2001, "Full-Stokes spectropolarimetry of solar prominences", A&A 375, L39 [electronic edition]

• Paletou F., 2001, "Transfert de Rayonnement : Méthodes itératives", C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t. 2, Serie IV, 6, 885-898 [PDF]

• Paletou F., Molodij G., 2001, "Multi-line spectropolarimetry at THÉMIS", in Advanced Solar Polarimetry - Theory, Observation, and Instrumentation, M. Sigwarth (Ed.), ASP Conf. Series 236, 9-15 [PDF]

• Trujillo Bueno J., Collados M., Paletou F., Molodij G., 2001, "THÉMIS observations of the second solar spectrum", in Advanced Solar Polarimetry - Theory, Observation, and Instrumentation, M. Sigwarth (Ed.), ASP Conf. Series 236, 141-149 [PDF]

• Arnaud J., Vigneau J., Faurobert M., Paletou F., 2001, "Scattering polarization measurements with THÉMIS", in Advanced Solar Polarimetry - Theory, Observation, and Instrumentation, M. Sigwarth (Ed.), ASP Conf. Series 236, 151-158

• Nagendra K.N., Frisch H., Faurobert-Scholl M., Paletou F., 2000, "An operator perturbation method of polarized line transfer for diagnosis of solar weak magnetic fields", J. Astrophys. Astron. 21, 255-258

• Paletou F., Molodij G., 2000, "High polarimetric sensitivity observations with THÉMIS", C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t. 1, Série IV, 10, 1309-1312

• Paletou F., Molodij G., Collados M., Trujillo Bueno J., 2000, "Le second spectre solaire à THÉMIS", Journal des Astronomes Français, 62, 4

• Molodij G., Paletou F., 2000, "THÉMIS et les perspectives de la spectro-polarimétrie à haute résolution spatiale", Journal des Astronomes Français, 62, 8

• Paletou F., 1999, "Transfert de Rayonnement : Méthodes *ALI", Proceedings of the 1st ASPS/GRETA Forum, Nice, France (May 17-19, 1999), (Text in French; printed by OCA, Ed. stee@obs-azur.fr for any request)

• Paletou F., Bommier V., Faurobert-Scholl M., 1999, "Polarized radiation transfer transfer in 2D geometry", Proceedings of the 2nd Solar Polarization Workshop, Bangalore, India (October 12-16, 1998), ASSL 243, p. 189-200

• Faurobert-Scholl M., Paletou F., Bommier V., 1999, "Redistribution matrix for polarized radiation in the presence of Hanle effect: Numerical tests", Proceedings of the 2nd Solar Polarization Workshop, Bangalore, India (October 12-16, 1998), ASSL 243, p. 115-125

• Nagendra K.N., Paletou F., Frisch H., Faurobert-Scholl M., 1999, "An operator perturbation method for polarized line transfer IV.Applications to the Hanle effect with partial redistribution effects", Proceedings of the 2nd Solar Polarization Workshop, Bangalore, India (October 12-16,1998), ASSL 243, p. 127-142

• Paletou F., 1998, "On the bright rims of H filaments", in New Perspectives on Solar Prominences, IAU Colloquium 167, D. Webb, D. Rust & B. Schmieder Eds., ASP Conference Series 150 , 70

• Paletou F., Faurobert-Scholl M., 1997, "An operator perturbation method for polarized line transfer II. Resonance polarization with partial frequency redistribution effects", A&A 328, 343

• Faurobert-Scholl M., Paletou F., Frisch H., 1997, "Transfert de rayonnement hors-ETL et applications en physique solaire", Journal des Astronomes Français 53, 24 (Text in French)

• Paletou F., 1997, "On H source function vertical variations in filaments and bright rims visibility", A&A 317, 244

• Paletou F., 1996, "A note on improved computations of solar prominences: 2D radiative models", A&A 311, 708

• Paletou F., 1995, "Two-dimensional multilevel radiative transfer with standard partial frequency redistribution in isolated solar atmospheric structures", A&A 302, 587

• Paletou F., Auer L.H., 1995, "A new approximate operator method for partial frequency redistribution problems", A&A 297, 771

• Auer L.H., Paletou F., 1994, "Two-dimensional radiative transfer with partial frequency redistribution I. General method", A&A 285, 675

• Paletou F., Vial J.-C., Auer L.H., 1993, "Two-dimensional radiative transfer with partial frequency redistribution II. Application to resonance lines in quiescent prominences", A&A 274, 571

• Paletou F., Vial J.-C., Auer L.H., 1992, "Radiative modeling of solar prominences: two-dimensional transfer plus partial frequency redistribution", ESA SP-348, 225

• Paletou F., 1992, "Transfert de rayonnement hors-ETL en géométrie bi-dimensionnelle : méthodes numériques et application aux protubérances solaires", PhD thesis, Université de Paris XI