The Impact of Polarized Extragalactic Radio Sources on the Detection of CMB Anisotropies in Polarization
Figure 6
Normalized number counts at 20 (a) and at 143 GHz (b) in total intensity (upper curves and data points) and in polarized intensity (lower curves and data points; blue curves are for the more “conservative” case and red curves for the more “optimistic’’ case). Number counts are for the different source populations discussed in the text: solid lines represent total number counts; dotted lines are for steep-spectrum sources; long-dashed lines are for FSRQs; finally, dot-dashed lines are for BL Lacs. In (a), filled squares represent our current estimates from the AT20G subsample (empty squares include the contribution from sources without polarization detection; see Section 4.3) and empty circles are from WMAP 5-years data [55]. Data points in (b) are from published data [57–59].