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LOFAR M51领域中低频极化源的可靠检测和表征

Reliable detection and characterization of low-frequency polarized sources in the LOFAR M51 field

A. Neld, C. Horellou, D. D. Mulcahy, R. Beck, S. Bourke, T. D. Carozzi, K. T. Chyży, J. E. Conway, J. S. Farnes, A. Fletcher, M. Haverkorn, G. Heald, A. Horneff… 展开作者

A. Neld, C. Horellou, D. D. Mulcahy, R. Beck, S. Bourke, T. D. Carozzi, K. T. Chyży, J. E. Conway, J. S. Farnes, A. Fletcher, M. Haverkorn, G. Heald, A. Horneffer, B. Nikiel-Wroczyński, R. Paladino, S. S. Sridhar, C. L. Van Eck

摘要:

新一代的宽带无线电连续谱调查将提供带有极化信息的大型数据集。需要开发新的算法来提取可靠的线性偏振源目录,可以用来表征这些源,并产生一个密集的旋转测量(RM)网格探测磁电离结构沿视线通过法拉第旋转。本文的目的是开发一个计算效率高,严格定义的线性极化源的源查找算法。我们使用校准的数据集从低频阵列(LOFAR)在150 MHz的附近星系M51为中心的搜索偏振背景源。使用新的成像软件,我们以18“x15”的分辨率重新成像了该区域,并将M51中心2.5度范围内的大约3000个连续源编目。我们制作了以每个光源为中心的小斯托克斯Q和U图像,其总强度超过100 mJy(201个光源),并使用RM合成来创建相应的法拉第立方体,并对其进行单独分析。对于每个源,噪声分布函数是从高法拉第深度处的测量子集确定的,其中预期没有偏振;确定法拉第光谱中偏振强度的峰值,并计算每个源的p值。最后,将错误发现率方法应用于p值列表以产生极化源列表并量化检测的可靠性。我们还分析了微弱于100 mJy的源,但在文献中报告为至少在另一个射频极化。在对201个源进行极化搜索时,有6个极化源被可靠地检测到(错误发现率为5%)。这对应于每3.3平方度1个偏振源或0.3个源/平方度的数密度。[删节]

英文摘要:

The new generation of broad-band radio continuum surveys will provide large data sets with polarization information. New algorithms need to be developed to extract reliable catalogs of linearly polarized sources that can be used to characterize those sources and produce a dense rotation measure (RM) grid to probe magneto-ionized structures along the line of sight via Faraday rotation. The aim of the paper is to develop a computationally efficient and rigorously defined source-finding algorithm for linearly polarized sources. We used a calibrated data set from the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) at 150 MHz centered on the nearby galaxy M51 to search for polarized background sources. With a new imaging software, we re-imaged the field at a resolution of 18''x15'' and cataloged a total of about 3000 continuum sources within 2.5 degrees of the center of M51. We made small Stokes Q and U images centered on each source brighter than 100 mJy in total intensity (201 sources) and used RM synthesis to create corresponding Faraday cubes that were analyzed individually. For each source, the noise distribution function was determined from a subset of measurements at high Faraday depths where no polarization is expected; the peaks in polarized intensity in the Faraday spectrum were identified and the p-value of each source was calculated. Finally, the false discovery rate method was applied to the list of p-values to produce a list of polarized sources and quantify the reliability of the detections. We also analyzed sources fainter than 100 mJy but that were reported as polarized in the literature at at least another radio frequency. Of the 201 sources that were searched for polarization, 6 polarized sources were detected confidently (with a false discovery rate of 5 percent). This corresponds to a number density of 1 polarized source per 3.3 square degrees, or 0.3 source/square degree. [Abridged]

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