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EoR实验I的偏振前景约束:来自PAPER-32成像阵列的二维功率谱

Constraining Polarized Foregrounds for EoR Experiments I: 2D Power Spectra from the PAPER-32 Imaging Array

S. A. Kohn, J. Aguirre, C. Nunhokee, G. Bernardi, J. Pober, Z. Ali, R. Bradley, C. Carilli, D. DeBoer, N. Gugliucci, D. Jacobs, P. Klima, D. MacMahon, J. Manley… 展开作者

S. A. Kohn, J. Aguirre, C. Nunhokee, G. Bernardi, J. Pober, Z. Ali, R. Bradley, C. Carilli, D. DeBoer, N. Gugliucci, D. Jacobs, P. Klima, D. MacMahon, J. Manley, D. Moore, A. Parsons, I. Stefan, W. Walbrugh

摘要:

当前的低频干涉仪的目标是探测高红移21厘米背景,目的是产生原始星系际介质中中性氢的亮度-温度对比度的功率谱。二维功率谱(傅立叶模式中的功率平行和垂直于视线)形成的干涉vibratory已被证明描绘光谱平滑的前景(称为楔形)和光谱结构的21厘米背景发射(EoR窗口)之间的边界。然而,已知偏振前景由于法拉第旋转而具有光谱结构,其可以泄漏到EoR窗口中。在这项工作中,我们创建和分析2D功率谱的PAPER-32成像阵列在斯托克斯我,Q,U和V,这些使我们能够观察和诊断系统的影响,在我们的校准在高信噪比的傅立叶空间内最相关的EoR实验。我们观察到良好定义的窗口中的斯托克斯village,与斯托克斯Q,U和V功率谱共享一个类似的楔形,在斯托克斯I。通过适度的偏振校准,我们没有看到任何证据表明偏振校准误差在任何斯托克斯可见度中将功率移动到楔形之外,达到所达到的噪声水平。需要更深入的集成来确认这种行为持续到EoR检测所需的深度。

英文摘要:

Current-generation low frequency interferometers constructed with the objective of detecting the high-redshift 21 cm background, aim to generate power spectra of the brightness-temperature contrast of neutral hydrogen in primordial intergalactic medium. Two-dimensional power spectra (power in Fourier modes parallel and perpendicular to the line of sight) formed from interferometric visibilities have been shown to delineate a boundary between spectrally-smooth foregrounds (known as the wedge) and spectrally-structured 21 cm background emission (the EoR-window). However, polarized foregrounds are known to possess spectral structure due to Faraday rotation, which can leak into the EoR window. In this work, we create and analyze 2D power spectra from the PAPER-32 imaging array in Stokes I, Q, U and V. These allow us to observe and diagnose systematic effects in our calibration at high signal-to-noise within the Fourier space most relevant to EoR experiments. We observe well-defined windows in the Stokes visibilities, with Stokes Q, U and V power spectra sharing a similar wedge shape to that seen in Stokes I. With modest polarization calibration, we see no evidence that polarization calibration errors move power outside the wedge in any Stokes visibility, to the noise levels attained. Deeper integrations will be required to confirm that this behavior persists to the depth required for EoR detection.

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