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Modern dual-polarization receivers allow a radio telescope to characterize the full polarization state of incoming insterstellar radio waves. Many astronomers incorrectly consider a polarimeter to be the "backend" of the telescope. We go to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-13 Timothy Robishaw , Carl Heiles

The next generation of radio surveys is going to be transformative for cosmology and other aspects of our understanding of astrophysics. Realistic simulations of radio observations are essential for the design and planning of radio surveys.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-30 Tobias Vičánek Martínez , Henrik W. Edler , Marcus Brüggen

We extend the rotation measure work of Burn (1966) to the cases of limited sampling of lambda squared space and non-constant emission spectra. We introduce the rotation measure transfer function (RMTF), which is an excellent predictor of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. A. Brentjens , A. G. de Bruyn

Spin-echo instruments are typically used to measure diffusive processes and the dynamics and motion in samples on ps and ns timescales. A key aspect of the spin-echo technique is to determine the polarisation of a particle beam. We present…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-02-05 Anton Tamtögl , Benjamin Davey , David J. Ward , Andrew P. Jardine , John Ellis , William Allison

An approach for measuring linear X-ray polarization over a broad-band using conventional spectroscopic optics is described. A set of multilayer-coated flats reflect the dispersed X-rays to the instrument detectors. The intensity variation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Herman L. Marshall

Numerical simulations offer the unique possibility to forecast the results of surveys and targeted observations that will be performed with next generation instruments like the Square Kilometre Array. In this paper, we investigate for the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-27 F. Loi , M. Murgia , F. Govoni , V. Vacca , I. Prandoni , A. Bonafede , L. Feretti

Understanding origin and evolution of cosmological magnetic fields requires knowledge of magnetic fields in different extragalactic environments. In this context, a powerful tool is the statistical analysis of the Faraday effect on the…

Much data on the Galactic polarized radio emission has been gathered in the last five decades. All-sky surveys have been made, but only in narrow, widely spaced frequency bands, and the data are inadequate for the characterization of…

We investigate the capability of ongoing radio telescopes for probing Faraday rotation measure (RM) due to the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) in the large-scale structure of the universe which is expected to be of order $O(1) {\rm…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Shinsuke Ideguchi , Keitaro Takahashi , Takuya Akahori , Kohei Kumazaki , Dongsu Ryu

Synchrotron radiation from the interstellar medium (ISM) of our galaxy dominates the sky brightness at low radio frequencies, and carries information about relativistic and thermal electron distributions across a range of astrophysical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-18 Colin Lonsdale , Elena Orlando , Gregg Hallinan , Greg Taylor , Clive Dickinson

We present broadband polarimetric observations of a sample of high Faraday rotation measure (RM) AGN using the VLA telescope from 1 to 2 GHz, and 4 to 12 GHz. The sample (14 sources) consists of compact sources (linear resolution smaller…

To obtain the best possible scientific result, astronomers must understand the properties of the available instrumentation well. This is important both when designing new instruments and when using existing instruments close to the limits…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-06 Hans Moritz Günther , Jason Frost , Adam Theriault-Shay

Paramagnetic Faraday rotation is a powerful technique for atom sensing widely used in quantum non-demolition measurements, fundamental symmetry tests, and other precision measurements. We demonstrate the use of a multi-pass optical cell for…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2011-08-29 S. Li , P. Vachaspati , D. Sheng , N. Dural , M. V. Romalis

The NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) Rotation Measure (RM) catalogue has enabled numerous studies in cosmic magnetism, and will continue being a unique dataset complementing future polarisation surveys. Robust comparisons with these new surveys…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-22 Yik Ki Ma , S. A. Mao , Jeroen Stil , Aritra Basu , Jennifer West , Carl Heiles , Alex S. Hill , S. K. Betti

Faraday tomography is a new method of the study of cosmic magnetic fields enabled by broadband low-frequency radio observations. By Faraday tomography, it is possible to obtain the Faraday dispersion function which contains information on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-15 Keitaro Takahashi

We measured a sample of 150 pulsar Rotation Measures (RMs) using the 20-cm receiver of the Parkes 64-m radio telescope. 46 of the pulsars in our sample have not had their RM values previously published, whereas 104 pulsar RMs have been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Aristeidis Noutsos , Simon Johnston , Michael Kramer , Aris Karastergiou

We developed an instrument design capable of measuring linear X-ray polarization over a broad-band using conventional spectroscopic optics. A set of multilayer-coated flats reflects the dispersed X-rays to the instrument detectors. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Herman L. Marshall , Ralf Heilmann , Norbert Schulz , Kendrah Murphy

The low-frequency linearly-polarised radio source population is largely unexplored. However, a renaissance in low-frequency polarimetry has been enabled by pathfinder and precursor instruments for the Square Kilometre Array. In this second…

Optical neural networks are emerging as a powerful and versatile tool for processing optical signals directly in the optical domain with superior speed, integrability, and functionality. Their application to optical polarization enables…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-24 Alessandro Petrini , Claudio Conti , Davide Pierangeli

We present a broadband polarization analysis of 36 discrete polarized radio sources over a very broad, densely-sampled frequency band. Our sample was selected on the basis of polarization behaviour apparent in narrowband archival data at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-06 C. S. Anderson , B. M. Gaensler , I. J. Feain
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