Rotation measure image of the sky Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Taylor A.R.
  2. Stil J.M.
  3. Sunstrum C.
  4. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We have re-analyzed the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) data to derive rotation measures (RMs) toward 37543 polarized radio sources. The resulting catalog of RM values covers the sky area north of declination -40{deg} with an average density of more than one RM per square degree. We have identified five regions of the sky where the foreground median RM is consistently less than 1rad/m^2^ over several degrees. These holes in the foreground RM will be useful for future studies of possible small-scale fluctuations in cosmic magnetic field structures. In addition to allowing measurement of RMs toward polarized sources, the new analysis of the NVSS data removes the effects of bandwidth depolarization for |RM|>~100rad/m^2^ inherent in the original NVSS source catalog.

Keywords
  1. radio-sources
  2. polarimetry
  3. surveys
  4. magnetic-fields
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2009ApJ...702.1230T
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/702/1230
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/702/1230
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17021230

Access

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https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/702/1230
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/702/1230
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/702/1230
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IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/702/1230/catalog?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/702/1230/catalog?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/702/1230/catalog?

History

2011-11-02T10:36:16Z
Resource record created
2011-11-02T10:36:16Z
Created
2013-08-20T16:35:53Z
Updated

Contact

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CDS support team
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