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Title: | The Global Magneto-ionic Medium Survey: A Faraday Depth Survey of the Northern Sky Covering 1280-1750 MHz | Authors: | Wolleben, M. Landecker, T. L. Douglas, K. A. Gray, A. D. Ordog, A. Dickey, J. M. Hill, A. S. CARRETTI, ETTORE Brown, J. C. Gaensler, B. M. Han, J. L. Haverkorn, M. Kothes, R. Leahy, J. P. McClure-Griffiths, N. McConnell, D. Reich, W. Taylor, A. R. Thomson, A. J. M. West, J. L. |
Issue Date: | 2021 | Journal: | THE ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL | Number: | 162 | Issue: | 1 | First Page: | 35 | Abstract: | The Galactic interstellar medium hosts a significant magnetic field, which can be probed through the synchrotron emission produced from its interaction with relativistic electrons. Linearly polarized synchrotron emission is generated throughout the Galaxy and, at longer wavelengths, modified along nearly every path by Faraday rotation in the intervening magneto-ionic medium. Full characterization of the polarized emission requires wideband observations with many frequency channels. We have surveyed polarized radio emission from the Northern sky over the range 1280-1750 MHz, with channel width 236.8 kHz, using the John A. Galt Telescope (diameter 25.6 m) at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, as part of the Global Magneto-Ionic Medium Survey. The survey covered 72% of the sky, decl. -30° to +87° at all R.A. The intensity scale was absolutely calibrated, based on the flux density and spectral index of Cygnus A. Polarization angle was calibrated using the extended polarized emission of the Fan Region. Data are presented as brightness temperatures with angular resolution 40'. Sensitivity in Stokes Q and U is 45 mK rms in a 1.18 MHz band. We have applied rotation measure synthesis to the data to obtain a Faraday depth cube of resolution 150 rad m<SUP>-2</SUP> and sensitivity 3 mK rms of polarized intensity. Features in Faraday depth up to a width of 110 rad m<SUP>-2</SUP> are represented. The maximum detectable Faraday depth is ±2 × 10<SUP>4</SUP> rad m<SUP>-2</SUP>. The survey data are available at the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/32266 | URL: | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/abf7c1 https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.00945 |
ISSN: | 0004-6256 | DOI: | 10.3847/1538-3881/abf7c1 | Bibcode ADS: | 2021AJ....162...35W | Fulltext: | open |
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