Analytic detection thresholds for measurements of linearly polarized intensity using rotation measure synthesis
Analytic detection thresholds for measurements of linearly polarized intensity using rotation measure synthesis
A fully analytic statistical formalism does not yet exist to describe radio-wavelength measurements of linearly polarized intensity that are produced using rotation measure synthesis. In this work we extend the analytic formalism for standard linear polarization, namely that describing measurements of the quadrature sum of Stokes Q and U intensities, …