VizieR Online Data Catalog: PACO radio sources complete sample polarimetry (Galluzzi+ 2017)

The PACO project yielded observations of 464 AT20G sources in 65 epochs between 2009 July and 2010 August in the 5.5-39GHz frequency range with ATCA, nearly simultaneously (within 10d) with the Planck observations (Massardi et al., 2016, Int. J. Mod. Phys. D, 25, 1640009). The main goal of the project was to characterize, in combination with Planck data, the total intensity spectra and their variability over a wide frequency range (at least from 5 to 217GHz, but up to 857GHz for some sources).

A multifrequency observing run was dedicated to polarimetry in 2014 September with ATCA. The sample was extracted from the 'faint' PACO sample (S20GHz>200mJy) selecting sources in the Southern Ecliptic Pole region (ecliptic latitude <-75°), where the satellite scanning strategy implies a better sensitivity.

We present high-sensitivity (σP~=0.6mJy) polarimetric observations of a complete sample of 53 compact extragalactic radio sources drawn from the 'faint' PACO sample. Thanks to the high sensitivity, we achieved a high (~91 per cent) 5σ detection rate in polarization.

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