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LOFAR Deep Fields: Probing the sub-mJy regime of polarized extragalactic sources in ELAIS-N1: I. the catalog

Piras, Sara, 1991 (författare)
Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
Horellou, Cathy, 1967 (författare)
Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
Conway, John, 1963 (författare)
Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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Thomasson, Magnus, 1961 (författare)
Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
Del Palacio, Santiago, 1990 (författare)
Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
Shimwell, T. W. (författare)
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON),Universiteit Leiden (UL),Leiden University (UL)
O'Sullivan, Shane P. (författare)
Carretti, E. (författare)
Istituto di Radioastronomia
Šnidariä, I. (författare)
Ruder Boskovic Institute
Jelia, V. (författare)
Ruder Boskovic Institute
Adebahr, B. (författare)
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Berger, A. (författare)
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Best, P.N. (författare)
University of Edinburgh
Brueggen, M. (författare)
Universität Hamburg,University of Hamburg
Herrera Ruiz, N. (författare)
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Paladino, R. (författare)
Istituto di Radioastronomia
Prandoni, I. (författare)
Istituto di Radioastronomia
Sabater, J. (författare)
University of Edinburgh
Vacca, V. (författare)
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
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2024
2024
Engelska.
Ingår i: Astronomy and Astrophysics. - 0004-6361 .- 1432-0746. ; 687
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  • Context. Quantifying the number density and physical characteristics of extragalactic polarized sources is important for the successful planning of future studies based on Faraday rotation measure (RM) grids of polarized sources to probe foreground Galactic and intergalactic magnetic fields. However, it is proving very hard to detect polarized signal from the population of very faint (sub-mJy) polarized sources at low radio frequencies, and their properties are mostly unknown. LOFAR can play an important role in such studies thanks to its sensitivity and angular resolution, combined with the precision on the inferred RM values that can be achieved through low-frequency broad-band polarimetry. Aims. The aim of this study is to probe the sub-mJy polarized source population with LOFAR. In this first paper, we present the method used to stack LOFAR polarization datasets, the resulting catalog of polarized sources, and the derived polarized source counts. Methods. The European Large Area ISO Survey-North 1 (ELAIS-N1) field, one of the deepest of the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) Deep Fields so far, was selected for a polarimetric study at 114.9-177.4 MHz. A total area of 25 deg2 was imaged at 6a-resolution in the Stokes Q and U parameters. Alignment of polarization angles was done both in frequency and in Faraday space before stacking datasets from 19 eight-hour-long epochs taken in two different LOFAR observing cycles. A search for polarized sources was carried out in the final, stacked dataset, and the properties of the detected sources were examined. The depolarization level of sources known to be polarized at 1.4 GHz was quantified. Results. A one-sigma noise level, I QU, of 19 μJy beam-1 was reached in the central part of the field after stacking. Twenty-five polarized sources were detected above 8IQU, five of which had not been detected in polarization at any other radio frequencies before. Seven additional polarized components were found by lowering the threshold to 6IQU at positions corresponding to sources known to be polarized at 1.4 GHz. In two radio galaxies, polarization was detected from both radio lobes, so the final number of associated radio continuum sources is 31. The detected sources are weakly polarized, with a median degree of polarization of 1.75% for the sample of sources detected in polarized emission. For the 10 polarized sources previously identified in a pilot LOFAR study of the ELAIS-N1 field at 20a"-resolution, the RM values are consistent but the degrees of polarization are higher in the 6a"-resolution data. The sources previously detected in polarization at 1.4 GHz are significantly depolarized at 150 MHz. The catalog is used to derive the polarized source counts at 150 MHz. Conclusions. This is the deepest and highest-resolution polarization study at 150 MHz to date. A full characterization of the sources and an analysis of the catalog will be presented in Paper II.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics (hsv//eng)
NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Geofysik (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geophysics (hsv//eng)

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Techniques: polarimetric
Polarization
Magnetic fields
Galaxies: individual: ELAIS-N1
Methods: observational
Methods: numerical

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