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再电离窗时期的极化泄漏:II。主波束模型和方向相关校准

Polarization leakage in epoch of reionization windows: II. Primary beam model and direction dependent calibration

K. M. B. Asad, L. V. E. Koopmans, V. Jelić, A. Ghosh, F. B. Abdalla, M. A. Brentjens, A. G. de Bruyn, B. Ciardi, B. K. Gehlot, I. T. Iliev, M. Mevius, V. N. Pan… 展开作者

K. M. B. Asad, L. V. E. Koopmans, V. Jelić, A. Ghosh, F. B. Abdalla, M. A. Brentjens, A. G. de Bruyn, B. Ciardi, B. K. Gehlot, I. T. Iliev, M. Mevius, V. N. Pandey, S. Yatawatta, S. Zaroubi

摘要:

由仪器的偏振主光束引起的扩散偏振发射泄漏到斯托克斯I中可能会模仿来自再电离时期(EoR)的21 cm信号的光谱结构,使其难以分离。因此,了解天线的极化性能对于成功检测EoR信号至关重要。在这里,我们已经计算了LOFAR的名义模型光束在预测从斯托克斯I泄漏到Q,U的准确性,通过比较它们与相应的泄漏的紧凑的源实际观察到的3C295领域。我们已经发现,该模型光束具有小于或等于10%的预测水平的泄漏的视野内,即1%的误差。e.如果使用该模型完美地消除泄漏,则泄漏将减少到斯托克斯I通量的$10^{-3}$。如果在从斯托克斯Q、U到I去除泄漏时可以获得类似的精度水平,则可以说,基于我们先前论文的结果,使用该光束模型去除该泄漏将确保泄漏在圆柱功率谱的几乎整个仪器k空间中远低于预期的EoR信号。我们还表明,在这里,方向相关的校准可以删除仪器极化紧凑的来源,给定的非极化天空模型,非常接近当地的噪声水平。

英文摘要:

Leakage of diffuse polarized emission into Stokes I caused by the polarized primary beam of the instrument might mimic the spectral structure of the 21-cm signal coming from the epoch of reionization (EoR) making their separation difficult. Therefore, understanding polarimetric performance of the antenna is crucial for a successful detection of the EoR signal. Here, we have calculated the accuracy of the nominal model beam of LOFAR in predicting the leakage from Stokes I to Q, U by comparing them with the corresponding leakage of compact sources actually observed in the 3C295 field. We have found that the model beam has errors of less than or equal to 10% on the predicted levels of leakage of ~1% within the field of view, i. e. if the leakage is taken out perfectly using this model the leakage will reduce to $10^{-3}$ of the Stokes I flux. If similar levels of accuracy can be obtained in removing leakage from Stokes Q, U to I, we can say, based on the results of our previous paper, that the removal of this leakage using this beam model would ensure that the leakage is well below the expected EoR signal in almost the whole instrumental k-space of the cylindrical power spectrum. We have also shown here that direction dependent calibration can remove instrumentally polarized compact sources, given an unpolarized sky model, very close to the local noise level.

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