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mJy射电源的极化

Polarisation of mJy radio sources

J. M. Stil, A. R. Taylor, M. Krause, R. Beck

摘要:

SKA探路者望远镜和SKA可以探测到的微弱偏振射电源的数量预测取决于总通量密度约为1 mJy的射电源的偏振特性。总强度源计数表明在这个流量密度周围的星系从活动星系核的主导人口的过渡,和较亮的射电源的属性可能不代表这个较暗的人口。我们发现,未解决的螺旋星系可以高度极化的无线电源,在4.8 GHz的极化高达~ 20%。这一结果部分是基于对附近星系的观测,包括轴对称和其他特殊性的显着偏离星系。极化源计数分为陡谱活动星系核,平谱活动星系核和恒星形成星系的第一次分析,包括预测的极化源计数microjansky水平。

英文摘要:

Predictions of the number of faint polarised radio sources that can be detected by SKA pathfinder telescopes and the SKA depend on the polarisation properties of radio sources with a total flux density around 1 mJy. Total intensity source counts suggest a transition in the dominant population from AGN to galaxies around this flux density, and the properties of brighter radio sources may not be representative for this fainter population. We show that unresolved spiral galaxies can be highly polarised radio sources, up to ~ 20% polarised at 4.8 GHz. This result is partly based on observations of nearby galaxies, including galaxies with significant deviations from axial symmetry and other peculiarities. A first analysis of polarised source counts divided into steep-spectrum AGN, flat-spectrum AGN and star forming galaxies is presented, including a prediction of polarised source counts to microjansky levels.

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