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Current mm/submm interferometers, like the Atacama Large mm/submm Array (ALMA), use receivers that register the sky signal in a linear polarization basis. In the case of observations performed in full-polarization mode (where the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 I. Marti-Vidal , W. H. T. Vlemmings , S. Muller

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

With the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), multi-frequency polarimetric images were taken of the diffuse radio synchrotron background in a region centered on (l,b) = (161,16). The observations were done simultaneously in 5…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Marijke Haverkorn , Peter Katgert , Ger de Bruyn

Calibration of instrumental polarization is critical for measuring polarized radio emissions from astrophysical sources to extract the magnetic field information in astrophysical, heliospheric, and terrestrial plasmas. At meter wavelengths,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-08 Devojyoti Kansabanik , Angelos Vourlidas , Soham Dey , Surajit Mondal , Divya Oberoi

Direction-dependent instrumental polarisation introduces wide-field polarimetric aberrations and limits the dynamic range of low-frequency interferometric images. We therefore provide a detailed two-dimensional analysis of the Giant…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-03 J. S. Farnes

Radio polarimetry at decimetre wavelengths is the principal source of information on the Galactic magnetic field. The diffuse polarized emission is strongly influenced by Faraday rotation in the magneto-ionic medium and rotation measure is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. Wolleben , T. L. Landecker , G. J. Hovey , R. Messing , O. S. Davison , N. L. House , K. H. M. S. Somaratne , I. Tashev

We designed and built a new astronomical photo-polarimeter that can measure linear polarization simultaneously in three spectral bands. It has a Calcite beamdisplacement prism as the analyzer. The ordinary and extra-ordinary emerging beams…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 G. Srinivasulu , A. V. Raveendran , S. Muneer , M. V. Mekkaden , N. Jayavel , M. R. Somashekar , K. Sagayanathan , S. Ramamoorthy , M. J. Rosario , K. Jayakumar

NICMOS cameras 1 and 2 each carry a set of three polarizing elements to provide high sensitivity observations of linearly polarized light. The polarizers are bandpass limited and provide diffraction-limited imaging in camera 1 at 0.8 -…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. C. Hines , G. Schneider

We completed observations with the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope to measure the polarised emission from a complete sample of Compact Steep-Spectrum sources. We observed the sources at four different frequencies. We complemented these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 F. Mantovani , K. -H. Mack , F. M. Montenegro-Montes , A. Rossetti , A. Kraus

Gamma-ray polarimetry is a new powerful tool to study the processes responsible for the emission from astrophysical sources and the environments in which this emission takes place. Few successful polarimetric measurements have however been…

The BICEP3 Polarimeter is a small aperture, refracting telescope, dedicated to the observation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at 95GHz. It is designed to target degree angular scale polarization patterns, in particular the…

Improved measurements of $B$-modes in the cosmic microwave background can be obtained through accurate calibration of the orientation of detector antennas as projected onto the sky. Miscalibration of the detector polarization angle leads to…

We present polarization measurements at 8.4, 22, and 43 GHz made with the VLA of a complete sample of extragalactic sources stronger than 1 Jy in the 5-year WMAP catalogue and with declinations north of -34 degrees. The observations were…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-07 N. Jackson , I. W. A. Browne , R. A. Battye , D. Gabuzda , A. C. Taylor

We have observed 37 bright, polarized radio sources with the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) to present a novel analysis of their Faraday rotation properties. Each source was observed during the commissioning phase with 2 to 4 100-MHz bands at…

We present total-intensity and linear-polarization observations made with the Very Large Array at $\lambda$20 and 6 cm of a representative sample of 42 radio galaxies and quasars selected from the Molonglo Complete Sample. The sources have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , D. J. Saikia , V. K. Kapahi , P. J. McCarthy

We present new polarisation observations at 13 cm, acquired using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), of 65 sources, from the B3-VLA sample of Compact Steep-Spectrum sources. These new data are combined with our VLA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Rossetti , D. Dallacasa , C. Fanti , R. Fanti , K. -H. Mack

We present the first set of polarimetric images made with the GMRT. These were obtained as part of the program to commission the polarization mode at the telescope. We find that the instrumental polarization leakage at the GMRT varies with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-29 Sanhita Joshi , Jayaram Chengalur

We report on multi-bands VLBA polarimetric observations of NRAO 530 in February 1997. Total intensity, EVPA distributions at all these frequencies are presented. Model fitting has been performed, from which the fitted southmost component A…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Y. J. Chen , Z. -Q. Shen , S. -W. Feng

Despite over 50 years of research, many open questions remain about the origin and nature of GRBs. Polarization measurements of the prompt emission of these extreme phenomena have long been thought to be the key to answering a range of…

The polarisation properties of the intrinsically small (< 20 kpc) radio sources are briefly discussed. At centimetric and decimetric wavelengths, substantial polarised emission is often detected in quasars and, at a lower level, in radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Dallacasa
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