Ultimate modelling of Radio foregrounds: a key ingredient for cosmology

Project Information

RADIOFOREGROUNDS

Grant agreement ID: 687312

DOI 10.3030/687312

Project closed

EC signature date 25 October 2015

Start date 1 January 2016

End date 31 December 2018

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Space

Total cost € 2 175 062,28

EU contribution € 1 534 437,50

Coordinated by

INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE CANARIAS
Spain

Deliverables

Documents, reports (9)

Data Management Plan (DMP)

Data Management Plan (DMP) [M6].

Online documents and publications

Online documents and publications These will be made available through the website or journals as these are completed or published The delivery of the first document will be in month 12 while the remaining will be delivered between month 12 and month 36 M12 M24 M36

Updated multifrequency evolutionary models of radio sources in total intensity and in polarization

Updated multifrequency evolutionary models of radio sources in total intensity and in polarization M32

Forecasted Galactic and extragalactic residual foregrounds

Galactic and extragalactic residual foregrounds as a function of the instrumental and observational properties of a given polarization experiment M30 M36

Forecasted cross-correlation between the radiosources catalogue and future surveys

Forecasted crosscorrelation between the radiosources catalogue and future surveys M36

RHPC Infrastructure (RADIOFOREGROUND High Performance Computing)

RHPC Infrastructure (RADIOFOREGROUND High Performance Computing) (R, Other) [M18]

Study of the relationships of radio source magnetic fields with cosmic time and with source properties

Study of the relationships of radio source magnetic fields with cosmic time on one side and with source properties radio luminosity radio morphology spectral index on the other M32

Dissemination plan

Dissemination plan organising the activities to be carried out in order to better spreading the results of the project [M4]

Data model methodology and RADIOFOREGROUNDS Databases

Data model methodology and RADIOFOREGROUNDS Databases (R, SW). [M12]

Other (18)

Improved 3D parametric magnetic field and matter distribution models, and associated software

Improved 3D parametric magnetic field and matter distribution models, and associated software to implement them by varying their parameters. [M20]

Filtered QUIJOTE and Planck maps to common scales

Set of four QUIJOTE maps 11 13 17 19GHz and nine Planck maps 30 44 70 100 143 217 353 545 857 GHz at a common resolution and common angular scales M3 M12 M24

Northern-sky maps and model of the synchrotron emission (intensity and polarization)

Refined northern sky map and model of the synchrotron emission in temperature and polarization from the integration of the magnetic field and matter distribution models M22 M34

RADIOFOREGROUNDS Tools

RADIOFOREGROUNDS Tools SW M36

SED for a set of compact sources dominated by AME

Spectral Energy Distribution SED for a list of compact sources dominated by AME M24 M36

Production of single frequency catalogues of polarized radio sources

Production of single frequency catalogues of polarized radio sources M20 M32

Error budget in those maps

Estimated error budget of the remaining systematic uncertainties in those 13 maps M3 M12 M24

Component separated maps for radio foregrounds: AME and synchrotron (intensity and polarization) and freefree in intensity

Component maps for the main radio foregrounds in the northern sky AME and synchrotron in both intensity and polarization and freefree in intensity Month of delivery M20 preliminary results with second set of data from WP2 M32 results with final set of data

Production of multifrequency catalogues of polarized radio sources

Production of multifrequency catalogues of polarized radio sources M20 M32

Algorithm to filter maps to same scales

Algorithm to filter any ancillary map WMAP Haslam etc to the same common resolutions and angular scales M3 M12 M24

Software packages for the single and multi-frequency detection/estimation of polarized radio sources

Development of software packages for the single and multi-frequency detection/estimation of polarized radio sources. [M16].

Additional ancillary data from follow-up observations

Additional ancillary data from followup observations M34

Updated tools for simulating the spatial distribution of polarized sources

Updated tools for simulating the spatial distribution of polarized sources as a function of polarized flux density and of frequency M24 M32

Combined 3D Galactic magnetic field model

Produce a combined 3D Galactic magnetic field model that best fits the data M22 M34

Northern-sky maps and model of the AME (intensity and polarization)

Refined northernsky map and model of the AME emission both in intensity and polarization M22 M34

Visualization software for 3D galactic magnetic field and matter distribution models

Visualization software for 3D galactic magnetic field and matter distribution models. [M20]

Realistic simulated observations of Planck, QUIJOTE and other data sets

Realistic simulated observations of Planck QUIJOTE and other data sets in temperature and polarization These simulations will be available 3 months after each release of the maps from WP2 to allow time to generate the simulations M6 M15 M27

Code to generate AME maps based on best-fit parameters for any frequency, sky position or resolution

A code to generate AME maps based on bestfit parameters for any frequency sky position or resolution M22 M34

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Constrainst on inflationary and reionization parameters from an optimal likelihood

Constraints on inflationary and reionization parameters from an optimal likelihood M26 M36

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website

Website with detailed information about the project and a description of each work-package and all public deliverables: The first version of the site will be made public in month 3. Information will be added after this date as the results of the project and deliverables are completed. The final website is to be completed in month 6. [M3]

Publications

Conference proceedings (1)

The QUIJOTE experiment: project status and first scientific results

Author(s): Rubino-Martın, J.A.; Genova-Santos, R.; Rebolo, R.; Aguiar, M.; Cozar-Castellano, J.; Gomez-Renasco, F.; Gutierrez, C.; Hoyland, R. J.; Lopez-Caraballo, C.; Pelaez-Santos, A. E.; Perez-de-Taoro, M. R.; Poidevin, F.; Ruiz-Granados, B.; Sanchez de la Rosa, V.; Tramonte, D.; Vega-Moreno, A.; Viera-Curbelo, T.; Vignaga, R.; Martınez-Gonzalez, E.; Barreiro, R. B.; Casaponsa, B.; Casas, F. J.; Diego,
Published in: Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics IX: X, Proceedings of the XII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 18 – 22, 2016, in Bilbao, Spain., Issue 4, 2017, ISBN 978-84-617-8931-3
Publisher: S. Arribas, A. Alonso-Herrero, F. Figueras, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, A. Sánchez-Lavega, S. Pérez-Hoyos (eds.)

Peer reviewed articles (18)

The State-of-Play of Anomalous Microwave Emission (AME) research

Author(s): Clive Dickinson, Y. Ali-Haïmoud, A. Barr, E.S. Battistelli, A. Bell, L. Bernstein, S. Casassus, K. Cleary, B.T. Draine, R. Génova-Santos, S.E. Harper, B. Hensley, J. Hill-Valler, Thiem Hoang, F.P. Israel, L. Jew, A. Lazarian, J.P. Leahy, J. Leech, C.H. López-Caraballo, I. McDonald, E.J. Murphy, T. Onaka, R. Paladini, M.W. Peel, Y. Perrott, F. Poidevin, A.C.S. Readhead, J.-A. Rubiño-Martín, A.
Published in: New Astronomy Reviews, Issue 80, 2018, Page(s) 1-28, ISSN 1387-6473
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.newar.2018.02.001

A 3D model for carbon monoxide molecular line emission as a potential cosmic microwave background polarization contaminant

Author(s): G. Puglisi, G. Fabbian, C. Baccigalupi
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 469/3, 2017, Page(s) 2982-2996, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1029

QUIJOTE Scientific results. III. Microwave spectrum of intensity and polarization in the Taurus molecular cloud Complex and L1527

Author(s): F Poidevin, J A Rubiño-Martín, C Dickinson, R Génova-Santos, S Harper, R Rebolo, B Casaponsa, A Peláez-Santos, R Vignaga, F Guidi, B Ruiz-Granados, D Tramonte F Vansyngel, M Ashdown, D Herranz, R Hoyland, A Lasenby, E Martínez-González, L Piccirillo, R A Watson
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty3462

Planck intermediate results

Author(s): Y. Akrami, F. Argüeso, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, M. Ballardini, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, N. Bartolo, S. Basak, K. Benabed, J.-P. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, P. Bielewicz, L. Bonavera, J. R. Bond, J. Borrill, F. R. Bouchet, C. Burigana, R. C. Butler, E. Calabrese, J. Carron, H. C. Chiang, C. Combet, B. P. Crill, F. Cuttaia, P. de Bernardis, A. de Rosa, G. de Zotti, J. Delabrouille, J
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 619, 2018, Page(s) A94, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832888

S–PASS view of polarized Galactic synchrotron at 2.3 GHz as a contaminant to CMB observations

Author(s): N. Krachmalnicoff, E. Carretti, C. Baccigalupi, G. Bernardi, S. Brown, B. M. Gaensler, M. Haverkorn, M. Kesteven, F. Perrotta, S. Poppi, L. Staveley-Smith
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 618, 2018, Page(s) A166, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832768

Exploring cosmic origins with CORE: Mitigation of systematic effects

Author(s): P. Natoli, M. Ashdown, R. Banerji, J. Borrill, A. Buzzelli, G. de Gasperis, J. Delabrouille, E. Hivon, D. Molinari, G. Patanchon, L. Polastri, M. Tomasi, F.R. Bouchet, S. Henrot-Versillé, D.T. Hoang, R. Keskitalo, K. Kiiveri, T. Kisner, V. Lindholm, D. McCarthy, F. Piacentini, O. Perdereau, G. Polenta, M. Tristram, A. Achucarro, P. Ade, R. Allison, C. Baccigalupi, M. Ballardini, A.J. Banday, J. B
Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 2018/04, 2018, Page(s) 022-022, ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2018/04/022

Forecasting the Contribution of Polarized Extragalactic Radio Sources in CMB Observations

Author(s): G. Puglisi, V. Galluzzi, L. Bonavera, J. Gonzalez-Nuevo, A. Lapi, M. Massardi, F. Perrotta, C. Baccigalupi, A. Celotti, L. Danese
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 858/2, 2018, Page(s) 85, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: The Astrophysical Journal
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aab3c7

Exploring cosmic origins with CORE: B -mode component separation

Author(s): M. Remazeilles, A.J. Banday, C. Baccigalupi, S. Basak, A. Bonaldi, G. De Zotti, J. Delabrouille, C. Dickinson, H. K. Eriksen, J. Errard, R. Fernandez-Cobos, U. Fuskeland, C. Hervías-Caimapo, M. López-Caniego, E. Martinez-González, M. Roman, P. Vielva, I. Wehus, A. Achucarro, P. Ade, R. Allison, M. Ashdown, M. Ballardini, R. Banerji, J. Bartlett, N. Bartolo, D. Baumann, M. Bersanelli, M. Bonato,
Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 2018/04, 2018, Page(s) 023-023, ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2018/04/023

Galaxy Evolution in the Radio Band: The Role of Star-forming Galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei

Author(s): C. Mancuso, A. Lapi, I. Prandoni, I. Obi, J. Gonzalez-Nuevo, F. Perrotta, A. Bressan, A. Celotti, L. Danese
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 842/2, 2017, Page(s) 95, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: The Astrophysical Journal
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa745d

ALMA photometry of extragalactic radio sources

Author(s): M Bonato, E Liuzzo, D Herranz, J González-Nuevo, L Bonavera, M Tucci, M Massardi, G De Zotti, M Negrello, M A Zwaan
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 485/1, 2019, Page(s) 1188-1195, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz465

Multifrequency filter search for high redshift sources and lensing systems in Herschel -ATLAS

Author(s): A. Manjón-García, D. Herranz, J. M. Diego, L. Bonavera, J. González-Nuevo
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 622, 2019, Page(s) A106, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834549

IMAGINE: a comprehensive view of the interstellar medium, Galactic magnetic fields and cosmic rays

Author(s): François Boulanger, Torsten Enßlin, Andrew Fletcher, Philipp Girichides, Stefan Hackstein, Marijke Haverkorn, Jörg R. Hörandel, Tess Jaffe, Jens Jasche, Michael Kachelrieß, Kumiko Kotera, Christoph Pfrommer, Jörg P. Rachen, Luiz F.S. Rodrigues, Beatriz Ruiz-Granados, Amit Seta, Anvar Shukurov, Günter Sigl, Theo Steininger, Valentina Vacca, Ellert van der Velden, Arjen van Vliet, Jiaxin Wang
Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 2018/08, 2018, Page(s) 049-049, ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2018/08/049

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background B -mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Subdegree Scales from Two Years of polarbear Data

Author(s): P. A. R. Ade, M. Aguilar, Y. Akiba, K. Arnold, C. Baccigalupi, D. Barron, D. Beck, F. Bianchini, D. Boettger, J. Borrill, S. Chapman, Y. Chinone, K. Crowley, A. Cukierman, R. Dünner, M. Dobbs, A. Ducout, T. Elleflot, J. Errard, G. Fabbian, S. M. Feeney, C. Feng, T. Fujino, N. Galitzki, A. Gilbert, N. Goeckner-Wald, J. C. Groh, G. Hall, N. Halverson, T. Hamada, M. Hasegawa, M. Hazumi, C. A. Hill,
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 848/2, 2017, Page(s) 121, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: The Astrophysical Journal
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8e9f

Cosmological-scale coherent orientations of quasar optical polarization vectors in the Planck era

Author(s): V. Pelgrims
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 622, 2019, Page(s) A145, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731294

QUIJOTE scientific results – II. Polarisation measurements of the microwave emission in the Galactic molecular complexes W43 and W47 and supernova remnant W44

Author(s): R. Génova-Santos, J. A. Rubiño-Martín, A. Peláez-Santos, F. Poidevin, R. Rebolo, R. Vignaga, E. Artal, S. Harper, R. Hoyland, A. Lasenby, E. Martínez-González, L. Piccirillo, D. Tramonte, R. A. Watson
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 464/4, 2016, Page(s) 4107-4132, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2503

Making maps of cosmic microwave background polarization for B-mode studies: The POLARBEAR example

Author(s): D. Poletti, G. Fabbian, M. Le Jeune, J. Peloton
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629467

On the regularity of the covariance matrix of a discretized scalar field on the sphere

Author(s): Bilbao-Ahedo, J. D.; Barreiro, R. B.; Herranz, D.; Vielva, P.; Martínez-González, E.
Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 02, 2017, Page(s) 022, ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2017/02/022

Performance of a continuously rotating half-wave plate on the POLARBEAR telescope

Author(s): Satoru Takakura, Mario Aguilar, Yoshiki Akiba, Kam Arnold, Carlo Baccigalupi, Darcy Barron, Shawn Beckman, David Boettger, Julian Borrill, Scott Chapman, Yuji Chinone, Ari Cukierman, Anne Ducout, Tucker Elleflot, Josquin Errard, Giulio Fabbian, Takuro Fujino, Nicholas Galitzki, Neil Goeckner-Wald, Nils W. Halverson, Masaya Hasegawa, Kaori Hattori, Masashi Hazumi, Charles Hill, Logan Howe, Yuki Ino
Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 2017/05, 2017, Page(s) 008-008, ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2017/05/008