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The aim of this work is to investigate the average properties of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) magnetic fields, and to search for possible correlations with the ICM thermal properties and cluster radio emission. We have selected a sample…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Bonafede , F. Govoni , L. Feretti , M. Murgia , G. Giovannini , M. Brueggen

The possibility of using the SKA for occasional support of scientific space missions should be considered, along with all other science goals, in the design of the array. The benefits of higher data rates from distant spacecraft during high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. L. Jones

Radio continuum surveys have, in the past, been of restricted use in cosmology. Most studies have concentrated on cross-correlations with the cosmic microwave background to detect the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect, due to the large sky…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-19 Matt J. Jarvis , David Bacon , Chris Blake , Michael L. Brown , Sam N. Lindsay , Alvise Raccanelli , Mario Santos , Dominik Schwarz

We develop a new method of extracting simultaneous measurements of weak lensing shear and a local rotation of the plane of polarization using observations of resolved radio sources. We show that the direction of polarization is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-28 Lee Whittaker , Richard A. Battye , Michael L. Brown

Faraday rotation of polarised background sources is a unique probe of astrophysical magnetic fields in a diverse range of foreground objects. However, to understand the properties of the polarised sources themselves and of depolarising…

We present deep polarimetric observations at 1420 MHz of the European Large Area ISO Survey North 1 region (ELAIS N1) as part of the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Planck Deep Fields project. By combining closely spaced aperture…

The Stokes parameters have been found in the framework of quantum electrodynamics for the description of polarization of radiation emitted by relativistic positrons channeled between (110) planes in Si crystal. The degree of polarization,…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-08-31 S. Bellucci , M. Shatnev

Gravitational waves admit a Stokes decomposition into intensity ($I$), circular polarization ($V$), and linear polarization ($Q$, $U$), analogous to Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimetry. We implement a full-Stokes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-26 Töre Boybeyi , Vuk Mandic

One of the five key science projects for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is "The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Magnetism", in which radio polarimetry will be used to reveal what cosmic magnets look like and what role they have played in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bryan M. Gaensler

Radio polarimetry is a three-dimensional statistical problem. The three-dimensional aspect of the problem arises from the Stokes parameters Q, U, and V, which completely describe the polarization of electromagnetic radiation and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 M. M. McKinnon

Magnetic fields play an important role in shaping the structure and evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies, but the details of this relationship remain unclear. With SKA1, the 3D structure of galactic magnetic fields and its…

Coronal magnetic fields are well known to be one of the crucial parameters defining coronal physics and space weather. However, measuring the global coronal magnetic fields remains challenging. The polarization properties of coronal radio…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-01 Devojyoti Kansabanik , Divya Oberoi , Surajit Mondal

Deep polarization surveys at low radio frequencies are key to cosmic magnetism studies: Larger catalogs of polarized extragalactic sources and increased precision on Faraday rotation measures (RMs) make it possible to probe the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-08 S. Piras , C. Horellou , J. Conway , M. Thomasson , T. W. Shimwell , S. P. O'Sullivan , E. Carretti , V. Vacca , A. Bonafede , I. Prandoni

The structure of magnetic fields in galaxies remains poorly constrained, despite the importance of magnetism in the evolution of galaxies. Radio synchrotron and far-infrared (FIR) polarization and polarimetric observations are the best…

An optimal estimate for Stokes parameters is derived for the situation in X-ray astronomy where the instrument has a modulation factor that varies significantly with energy but the signals are very weak or mildly polarized. For such…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-10 Herman L. Marshall

Radio galaxies are linearly polarized -- an important property that allows us to infer the properties of the magnetic field of the source and its environment. However at low frequencies, Faraday rotation substantially depolarizes the…

We used data from the \wmap satellite at 23, 33 and 41 GHz to study the diffuse polarised emission over the entire sky. The emission originates mostly from filamentary structures with well-ordered magnetic fields. Some of these structures…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-15 Matias Vidal , C. Dickinson , R. D. Davies , J. P. Leahy

We investigate how the imprint of Faraday rotation on radio spectra can be used to determine the geometry of radio sources and the strength and structure of the surrounding magnetic fields. We model spectra of Stokes Q and U for frequencies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 D. H. F. M. Schnitzeler , J. K. Banfield , K. J. Lee

Inspired by recent use of polarimetry to study the Cosmic Microwave Background and extragalatic supernovae, a foray into the statistical properties of Stokes parameters expressed in spherical coordinates is began, allowing circular…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-19 Jason L. Quinn

Magnetic fields remain an enigmatic part of the content of galaxy clusters. Faraday rotation and depolarisation of extragalactic radio sources are useful probes, but the limited availability of polarised radio sources necessitates stacking…