J/MNRAS/401/1388 Radio polarization of WMAP point sources (Jackson+, 2010)
High-frequency radio polarization measurements of WMAP point sources.
Jackson N., Browne I.W.A., Battye R.A., Gabuzda D., Taylor A.C.
<Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 401, 1388-1398 (2010)>
=2010MNRAS.401.1388J 2010MNRAS.401.1388J
ADC_Keywords: Radio sources ; Polarization
Keywords: polarization - galaxies: active - radio continuum: galaxies
Abstract: We present polarization measurements at 8.4GHz (X-band),
22GHz (K-band), and 43GHz (Q-band) made with the Very Large Array
(VLA) of a complete sample of extragalactic sources stronger than
1Jy in the 5yr Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP, Cat.
J/ApJS/180/283) catalogue and with declinations north of −34°.
The observations were motivated by the need to know the polarization
properties of radio sources at frequencies of tens of GHz in order to
subtract polarized foregrounds for future sensitive cosmic microwave
background (CMB) experiments. The total intensity and polarization
measurements are generally consistent with comparable VLA calibration
measurements for less-variable sources, and within a similar range to
WMAP fluxes for unresolved sources. A further paper will present
correlations between measured parameters and derive implications for
CMB measurements.
Description:
Observations were conducted using the VLA in D-configuration between
01.40 and 19.30 UT on 2008 August 1.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table2.dat 137 200 Flux densities of observed sources at X (8.4GHz),
K (22GHz) and Q (43GHz) bands
notes.dat 80 115 Individual notes
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See also:
J/ApJS/180/283 : WMAP source catalog (Wright+, 2009)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 8 A8 --- Source Source name (HHMM-DDd)
10- 16 F7.1 mJy I(X) ? Intensity flux density for X band (8.4GHz)
18- 22 F5.1 mJy e_I(X) ? rms uncertainty on I(X)
23 A1 --- n_I(X) [i] Note on I(X) (1)
24 A1 ---- l_P(X) Limit flag on P(X)
25- 30 F6.1 mJy P(X) ? Polarized flux density for X band (8.4GHz)
32- 35 F4.1 mJy e_P(X) ? rms uncertainty on P(X)
36 A1 --- n_P(X) [i] Note on P(X) (1)
39- 43 F5.1 deg PAX ? Polarisation position angle for X band (2)
45- 49 F5.1 deg e_PAX ? rms uncertainty on PAX
50 A1 --- n_PAX [i] Note on PAX (1)
52- 58 F7.1 mJy I(K) ? Intensity flux density for K band (22GHz)
60- 65 F6.1 mJy e_I(K) ? rms uncertainty on I(K)
67 A1 --- l_P(K) Limit flag on P(K)
68- 73 F6.1 mJy P(K) ? Polarized flux density for K band (22GHz)
75- 78 F4.1 mJy e_P(K) ? rms uncertainty on P(K)
79 A1 --- n_P(K) [*] Note on P(K) (3)
84- 88 F5.1 deg PAK ? Polarisation position angle for K band
90- 93 F4.1 deg e_PAK ? rms uncertainty on PAK
95 A1 --- l_I(Q) Limit flag on I(Q)
96-102 F7.1 mJy I(Q) ? Intensity flux density for Q band (43GHz)
104-109 F6.1 mJy e_I(Q) ? rms uncertainty on I(Q)
111 A1 --- l_P(Q) Limit flag on P(Q)
112-117 F6.1 mJy P(Q) ? Polarized flux density for Q band (43GHz)
119-122 F4.1 mJy e_P(Q) ? rms uncertainty on P(Q)
123 A1 --- n_P(Q) [*] Note on P(Q) (3)
125-129 F5.1 deg PAQ ? Polarisation position angle for Q band
131-134 F4.1 deg e_PAQ ? rms uncertainty on PAQ
136-137 I2 --- Note [1/56]? Notes, in notes.dat file
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Note (1): i indicates fluxes from CLASS, in the case of multiple observations
using the one with the lowest error in polarized flux density.
Note (2): A '0.0' error means smaller than 1mJy.
Note (3): * indicates that the measurement has been taken from the Q and U
maps, rather than the fits to the u-v data (see text for details).
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 --- Note Note number
4- 80 A77 --- Text Text of the note
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 25-May-2010