J/A+A/623/A71ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/623/A71doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.36230071CDSVan Eck C.L.Haverkorn M.Alves M.I.R.Beck R.Best P.Carretti E.,Chyzy K.Ensslin T.Farnes J.S.Ferriere K.Heald G.Iacobelli M.,Jelic V.Reich W.Rottgering H.J.A.Schnitzeler D.H.F.M.2019-03-11T08:00:21Z2019-03-07T07:11:00ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frmilky-way-galaxypolarimetryradio-continuum-emissionFaraday tomography allows us to map diffuse polarized synchrotron emission from our Galaxy and use it to interpret the magnetic field in the interstellar medium (ISM). We have applied Faraday tomography to 60 observations from the LOFAR Two-Meter Sky Survey (LOTSS) and produced a Faraday depth cube mosaic covering 568 square degrees at high Galactic latitudes, at 4.3 angular resolution and 1rad/m^2^ Faraday depth resolution, with a typical noise level of 50-100uJy per point spread function (PSF) per rotation measure spread function (RMSF) (40-80mK/RMSF). While parts of the images are strongly affected by instrumental polarization, we observe diffuse polarized emission throughout most of the field, with typical brightness between 1 and 6K/RMSF, and Faraday depths between -7 and +25rad/m^2^. We observe many new polarization features, some up to 15deg in length. These include two regions with very uniformly structured, linear gradients in the Faraday depth; we measured the steepness of these gradients as 2.6 and 13rad/m^2^/deg. We also observe a relationship between one of the gradients and an HI filament in the local ISM. Other ISM tracers were also checked for correlations with our polarization data and none were found, but very little signal was seen in most tracers in this region. We conclude that the LOTSS data are very well suited for Faraday tomography, and that a full-scale survey with all the LOTSS data has the potential to reveal many new Galactic polarization features and map out diffuse Faraday depth structure across the entire northern hemisphere.2019A&A...623A..71Vhttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/623/A71CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicehttps://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/623/A71https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/623/A71http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/623/A71https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/623/A71https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/623/A71http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/623/A71GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/A+A/623/A71/list (List of properties of the data cube)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/623/A71/list?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/623/A71/list?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/623/A71/list?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true195.053.00.0055555555555555566/11070https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/A+A/623/A71?format=asciiRadiodefaultJ/A+A/623/A71/listList of properties of the data cuberecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintRAJ2000Right ascension of image centre (J2000)degpos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Declination of image centre (J2000)degpos.eq.dec;meta.mainScalePixel scalearcsec/pixinstr.scale;instr.pixelintNxNumber of pixels in along X-axismeta.numberintNyNumber of pixels in along Y-axismeta.numberintNzNumber of pixels in Faraday depthmeta.numberintFileNameName of the fits file in subdirectory fitsmeta.id;meta.fitscharTitleTitle of the fits filemeta.title;meta.fitschar