Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-02-28
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 327 (2001) L1
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 3 figures, submitted to MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04877.x
We present the preliminary results of a new survey of radio sources using the Ryle telescope at 15.2 GHz. This is the highest frequency at which a survey has been done that is relevant to the issue of radio source contamination in CMB experiments. The differential source count of the 66 sources found in 63 sqdeg is 80(S/Jy)^-2 /Jy/sr from about 20 to 500 mJy. Extrapolating this to 34 GHz (where many cm-wave CMB experiments operate) gives an estimated temperature contribution from sources of 9 microK in a CMB image, with a beam corresponding to multipole l=500. A means of source subtraction is evidently necessary, otherwise the signal-to-noise ratio in CMB images will be limited to 4 or 5, becoming worse at higher resolution. We compare the population of sources observed in this new survey to that predicted by extrapolation from lower frequency surveys, finding that source fluxes, and indeed the existence of many sources, cannot be determined by extrapolation.
Grainge Keith
Jones Michael E.
Pooley Guy G.
Saunders Richard
Taylor Angela C.
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