The Impact of Polarized Extragalactic Radio Sources on the Detection of CMB Anisotropies in Polarization

Recent polarimetric surveys of extragalactic radio sources (ERS) at frequencies  ν≳1 GHz are reviewed. By exploiting all the most relevant data we study the frequency dependence of polarization properties of ERS between 1.4 and 86 GHz. For flat-spectrum sources the median (mean) fractional polarizat...

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Main Authors: Marco Tucci, Luigi Toffolatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Astronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/624987