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Polarization profiles are presented for 20 millisecond pulsars that are being observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project. The observations used the Parkes multibeam receiver with a central frequency of 1369 MHz and the…

We report the discovery of circularly polarised radio emission from the radio-jet X-ray binary SS 433 with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The flux density spectrum of the circular polarization, clearly detected at four frequencies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Robert Fender , David Rayner , Ray Norris , R. J. Sault , Guy Pooley

We present the results from the first large (>100 source) 3.5 mm polarimetric survey of radio loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). The I, Q, U, and V Stokes parameter observations were performed with the XPOL polarimeter at the IRAM 30m…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 I. Agudo , C. Thum , H. Wiesemeyer , T. P. Krichbaum

Here, we revisit the polarization signal in caustic-crossing binary microlensing and introduce the maps of the polarization signals of the source star as a function of its position projected on the lens plane. The behavior of these maps…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-05 Sedighe Sajadian

We have measured the optical linear polarization of quasars belonging to Gpc-scale quasar groups at redshift z ~ 1.3. Out of 93 quasars observed, 19 are significantly polarized. We found that quasar polarization vectors are either parallel…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-19 Damien Hutsemékers , Lorraine Braibant , Vincent Pelgrims , Dominique Sluse

We report on the search for distant radio-loud quasars in the Cosmic Lens All Sky Survey (CLASS) of flat spectrum radio sources with S_5GHz>30 mJy. Unresolved optical counterparts were selected from APM scans of POSS-I plates, with e<19.0…

We present 1420 MHz (lambda=21cm) observations of polarized emission from an area of 117 degree square in the Galactic plane in Cygnus, covering 82 < l < 95, -3.5 < b < +5.5, a complex region where the line of sight is directed nearly along…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Uyaniker , T. L. Landecker , A. D. Gray , R. Kothes

Pulsar radio emission and its polarization are observed to evolve with frequency. This frequency dependence is key to the emission mechanism and the structure of the radio beam. With the new Ultra-Wideband receiver (UWL) on the Parkes radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-17 Lucy Oswald , Aris Karastergiou , Simon Johnston

Polarization behaviour shows a transition in the pulsar population, where energetic sources with higher spin-down energy loss, $\dot{E} > 10^{34}$ erg~s$^{-1}$, often have fractional linear polarisation ($L/I$) close to 100\%, while below…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-20 Dipanjan Mitra , Rahul Basu , George I. Melikidze

We present radio intensity and polarisation profiles of 28 $\gamma$-ray-detected pulsars with the aim of putting constraints on their viewing geometries using data from the Parkes telescope. Constraints are formed both from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 S. C. Rookyard , P. Weltevrede , S. Johnston

We have studied the linear polarization of 86 active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the observed frequency range 80-267 GHz (3.7-1.1mm in wavelength), corresponding to rest-frame frequencies 82-738 GHz, with the IRAM Plateau de Bure…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Trippe , R. Neri , M. Krips , A. Castro-Carrizo , M. Bremer , V. Pietu , A. L. Fontana

We study the mutual alignment of radio sources within two surveys, FIRST and TGSS. This is done by producing two position angle catalogues containing the preferential directions of respectively $30\,059$ and $11\,674$ extended sources…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-12 O. Contigiani , F. de Gasperin , G. K. Miley , L. Rudnick , H. Andernach , J. K. Banfield , A. D. Kapińska , S. S. Shabala , O. I. Wong

This study evaluates the impact of Starlink satellites on low-frequency radio astronomy below 100 MHz, focusing on challenges on data processing and scientific goals. We conducted 40 hours of imaging observations using NenuFAR, in the…

We explore the variability and cross-frequency correlation of the flux density and polarization of the blazar OJ287, using imaging at 43 GHz with the Very Long Baseline Array, as well as optical and near-infrared polarimetry. The…

Deep radio observations at 5 and 8 GHz are presented of a complete sample of 11 radio galaxies with redshifts 0.85 < z < 1.5, selected from the 6C sample of Eales. The radio data, taken using the VLA in A, B and C array configurations,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 P. N. Best , S. A. Eales , S. Rawlings , H. J. A. R"ottgering , M. S. Longair

We investigate the large-scale clustering of radio sources in the Green Bank and Parkes-MIT-NRAO 4.85 GHz surveys by measuring the angular two-point correlation function w(\theta). Excluding contaminated areas, the two surveys together…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 A. J. Loan , J. V. Wall , O. Lahav

We have found a peculiar radio source in the field of one of the hottest known clusters of galaxies 1E0657-56. It is slightly extended, highly polarised (54% at 8.8GHz) and has a very steep spectrum, with alpha ~ -1 at 1.3 GHz, steepening…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Liang , R. D. Ekers , R. W. Hunstead , E. E. Falco , P. Shaver

We present the peculiar case of PSZ2G091.83+26.11 at z=0.822. This cluster hosts a Mpc-scale radio halo and an elongated radio source, whose location with the respect to the intracluster medium (ICM) distribution and to the cluster centre…

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