Characterization of the millimeter-wave polarization of centaurus a with quad

M. Zemcov; P. Ade; J. Bock; M. Bowden; M. L. Brown; G. Cahill; P. G. Castro; S. Church; T. Culverhouse; R. B. Friedman; K. Ganga; W. K. Gear; S. Gupta; J. Hinderks; J. Kovac; A. E. Lange; E. Leitch; S. J. Melhuish; Y. Memari; J. A. Murphy; A. Orlando; C. O'Sullivan; L. Piccirillo; C. Pryke; N. Rajguru; B. Rusholme; R. Schwarz; A. N. Taylor; K. L. Thompson; A. H. Turner; E. Y.S. Wu

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/710/2/1541

Characterization of the millimeter-wave polarization of centaurus a with quad

M. Zemcov
, P. Ade
, J. Bock
, M. Bowden
, M. L. Brown
, G. Cahill
, P. G. Castro
, S. Church
, T. Culverhouse
, R. B. Friedman
, K. Ganga
, W. K. Gear
, S. Gupta
, J. Hinderks
, J. Kovac
, A. E. Lange
, E. Leitch
, S. J. Melhuish
, Y. Memari
, J. A. Murphy

A. Orlando, C. O'Sullivan, L. Piccirillo, C. Pryke, N. Rajguru, B. Rusholme, R. Schwarz, A. N. Taylor, K. L. Thompson, A. H. Turner, E. Y.S. Wu

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Cardiff University
Stanford University
University of Cambridge
Maynooth University
Instituto Superior Técnico
University of Chicago
Université Paris Cité
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
University of Manchester
University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy
University College London

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Abstract

Centaurus (Cen) A represents one of the best candidates for an isolated, compact, highly polarized source that is bright at typical cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment frequencies. We present measurements of the 4° × 2° region centered on Cen A with QUaD, a CMB polarimeter whose absolute polarization angle is known to an accuracy of 05. Simulations are performed to assess the effect of misestimation of the instrumental parameters on the final measurement and systematic errors due to the field's background structure and temporal variability from Cen A's nuclear region are determined. The total (Q, U) of the inner lobe region is (1.00±0.07(stat.) ± 0.04(sys.), - 1.72±0.06±0.05) Jy at 100GHz and (0.80±0.06±0.06, - 1.40±0.07±0.08) Jy at 150GHz, leading to polarization angles and total errors of -30°0±1°1 and -29°1±1°7. These measurements will allow the use of Cen A as a polarized calibration source for future millimeter experiments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1541-1550
Number of pages	10
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	710
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/710/2/1541
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cosmic background radiation
Galaxies: individual (Centaurus A)
Instrumentation: polarimeters
Radio continuum: general

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Zemcov, M., Ade, P., Bock, J., Bowden, M., Brown, M. L., Cahill, G., Castro, P. G., Church, S., Culverhouse, T., Friedman, R. B., Ganga, K., Gear, W. K., Gupta, S., Hinderks, J., Kovac, J., Lange, A. E., Leitch, E., Melhuish, S. J., Memari, Y., ... Wu, E. Y. S. (2010). Characterization of the millimeter-wave polarization of centaurus a with quad. Astrophysical Journal, 710(2), 1541-1550. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/710/2/1541

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