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The Crab Nebula as a Calibrator for Wide-beam Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Surveys

S. Masi
P. de Bernardis
Fabio Columbro
Alessandro Coppolecchia
Giuseppe D’Alessandro
Lorenzo Mele
Alessandro Paiella
F. Piacentini
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2021-10-28
scimago Q1
wos Q1
SJR2.038
CiteScore8.4
Impact factor5.4
ISSN0004637X, 15384357
Space and Planetary Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Abstract
We analyze the effect of polarized diffuse emission in the calibration of wide-beam mm-wave polarimeters, when using the Crab Nebula as a reference source for both polarized brightness and polarization angle. We show that, for CMB polarization experiments aiming at detecting B-mode in a scenario with a tensor to scalar ratio $r \sim 0.001$, wide (a few degrees in diameter), precise ($\sigma_Q$ , $\sigma_U$ $\sim$ 20 $\mu$$K_{CMB}$ arcmin), high angular resolution ($< \mathrm{FWHM}$) reference maps are needed to properly take into account the effects of diffuse polarized emission and avoid significant bias in the calibration.
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Masi S. et al. The Crab Nebula as a Calibrator for Wide-beam Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Surveys // Astrophysical Journal. 2021. Vol. 921. No. 1. p. 34.
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Masi S., de Bernardis P., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., D’Alessandro G., Mele L., Paiella A., Piacentini F. The Crab Nebula as a Calibrator for Wide-beam Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Surveys // Astrophysical Journal. 2021. Vol. 921. No. 1. p. 34.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.3847/1538-4357/ac1860
UR - https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1860
TI - The Crab Nebula as a Calibrator for Wide-beam Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Surveys
T2 - Astrophysical Journal
AU - Masi, S.
AU - de Bernardis, P.
AU - Columbro, Fabio
AU - Coppolecchia, Alessandro
AU - D’Alessandro, Giuseppe
AU - Mele, Lorenzo
AU - Paiella, Alessandro
AU - Piacentini, F.
PY - 2021
DA - 2021/10/28
PB - American Astronomical Society
SP - 34
IS - 1
VL - 921
SN - 0004-637X
SN - 1538-4357
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@article{2021_Masi,
author = {S. Masi and P. de Bernardis and Fabio Columbro and Alessandro Coppolecchia and Giuseppe D’Alessandro and Lorenzo Mele and Alessandro Paiella and F. Piacentini},
title = {The Crab Nebula as a Calibrator for Wide-beam Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Surveys},
journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
year = {2021},
volume = {921},
publisher = {American Astronomical Society},
month = {oct},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1860},
number = {1},
pages = {34},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ac1860}
}
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Masi, S., et al. “The Crab Nebula as a Calibrator for Wide-beam Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Surveys.” Astrophysical Journal, vol. 921, no. 1, Oct. 2021, p. 34. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1860.