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  • Wagenveld, Jonah D.Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (MPG),Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG) (author)

The MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey: Homogeneous continuum catalogues towards a measurement of the cosmic radio dipole

  • Article/chapterEnglish2023

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  • 2023-03-30
  • EDP Sciences,2023
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  • LIBRIS-ID:oai:research.chalmers.se:473b1097-2e2e-4cb3-863c-2389b4fd379d
  • https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245477DOI
  • https://research.chalmers.se/publication/536063URI

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  • Language:English
  • Summary in:English

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  • The number counts of homogeneous samples of radio sources are a tried and true method of probing the large-scale structure of the Universe, as most radio sources outside the Galactic plane are at cosmological distances. As such, they are expected to trace the cosmic radio dipole, an anisotropy analogous to the dipole seen in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Results have shown that although the cosmic radio dipole matches the direction of the CMB dipole, it has a significantly larger amplitude. This unexplained result challenges our assumption of the Universe being isotropic, which can have large repercussions for the current cosmological paradigm. Though significant measurements have been made, sensitivity to the radio dipole is generally hampered by systematic effects that can cause large biases in the measurement. Here we assess these systematics with data from the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS), a blind search for absorption lines with pointings centred on bright radio sources. With the sensitivity and field of view of MeerKAT, thousands of sources are observed in each pointing, allowing for the possibility of measuring the cosmic radio dipole given enough pointings. We present the analysis of ten MALS pointings, focusing on systematic effects that could lead to an inhomogeneous catalogue. We describe the calibration and creation of full band continuum images and catalogues, producing a combined catalogue containing 16 307 sources and covering 37.5 square degrees of sky down to a sensitivity of 10 μJy beam-1. We measure the completeness, purity, and flux recovery statistics for these catalogues using simulated data. We investigate different source populations in the catalogues by looking at flux densities and spectral indices and how they might influence source counts. Using the noise characteristics of the pointings, we find global measures that can be used to correct for the incompleteness of the catalogue, producing corrected number counts down to 100-200 μJy. We show that we can homogenise the catalogues and properly account for systematic effects. We determine that we can measure the dipole to 3significance with 100 MALS pointings.

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  • Klockner, H. R.Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (MPG),Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG) (author)
  • Gupta, N.Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) (author)
  • Deka, Partha P.Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) (author)
  • Jagannathan, P.National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro (author)
  • Sekhar, S.University of the Western Cape,National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro (author)
  • Balashev, S.Russian Academy of Sciences,National Research University Higher School of Economics (author)
  • Boettcher, ErinNASA Goddard Space Flight Center,University of Maryland (author)
  • Combes, FrançoiseObservatoire de Paris,Paris Observatory (author)
  • Emig, K.L.National Radio Astronomy Observatory (author)
  • Hilton, M.University of KwaZulu-Natal,University of Witwatersrand (author)
  • Józsa, G. I.G.Rhodes University,Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (MPG),Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG) (author)
  • Kamphuis, PeterRuhr-Universität Bochum (author)
  • Klutse, D.University of KwaZulu-Natal (author)
  • Knowles, K.Rhodes University (author)
  • Krogager, J. K.Ruhr-Universität Bochum (author)
  • Mohapatra, AbhisekInter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) (author)
  • Momjian, E.National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro (author)
  • Moodley, K.University of KwaZulu-Natal (author)
  • Muller, Sebastien,1976Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology(Swepub:cth)mullers (author)
  • Petitjean, PatrickCentre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) (author)
  • Salas, P.Green Bank Observatory (author)
  • Sikhosana, S.University of KwaZulu-Natal (author)
  • Srianand, R.Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) (author)
  • Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (MPG)Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) (creator_code:org_t)

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  • In:Astronomy and Astrophysics: EDP Sciences6730004-63611432-0746

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