Zemcov, M., Ade, P.A.R., Bock, J.J., Bowden, M., Brown, M.L., Cahill, G., Castro, P.G., Church, S., Culverhouse, T., Freidman, R.B., Ganga, K., Gear, W.K., Gupta, S., Hinderks, J., Kovac, J., Lange, A.E., Leitch, E., Melhuish, S.J., Memari, Y., Murphy, J.Anthony, Orlando, A., O'Sullivan, Créidhe, Piccirillo, L., Pryke, C., Rajguru, N., Rusholme, B., Schwarz, R., Taylor, A.N., Thompson, K.L., Turner, A.H. and Wu, E.Y.S. (2010) Characterization of the Millimeter-Wave Polarization of Centaurus A with Quad. Astrophysical Journal, 710 (2). pp. 1541-1550. ISSN 0004-637X
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Abstract
Centaurus (Cen) A represents one of the best candidates for an isolated, compact, highly polarized source that
is bright at typical cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment frequencies. We present measurements
of the 4°×2° region centered on Cen A with QUaD, a CMB polarimeter whose absolute polarization angle is
known to 0°.5. Simulations are performed to assess the effect of misestimation of the instrumental parameters
on the final measurement, and systematic errors due to the field’s background structure and temporal variability
from Cen A’s nuclear region are determined. The total (Q,U) of the inner lobe region is (1.00±0.07(stat.)±
0.04(sys.),-1.72±0.06±0.05) Jy at 100 GHz and (0.80±0.06±0.06,-1.40±0.07±0.08) Jy at 150 GHz,
leading to polarization angles and total errors of -30°.0±1°.1 and -29°.1±1°.7. These measurements will allow
the use of Cen A as a polarized calibration source for future millimeter experiments
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | The final and definitive version of this article is available at doi:10.1088/0004-637X/710/2/1541 |
Keywords: | QUAD Collaboration; cosmic background radiation; galaxies; Centaurus A; instrumentation; polarimeters; radio continuum; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics |
Item ID: | 3965 |
Depositing User: | Dr. Anthony Murphy |
Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2012 16:29 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Astrophysical Journal |
Publisher: | Institute of Physics |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/3965 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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