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Table 3
Performance of the NIKA polarimeter.
| Array | 1.15 mm | 2.05 mm | ||||||
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| Valid pixels | 132 | 224 | ||||||
| Field of View (arcmin) | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||||||
| Band-pass (GHz) | 190–310 | 110–180 | ||||||
| FWHM (arcsec) | 12 | 18.2 | ||||||
| Polarization capability | yes | yes | ||||||
| Sensit. on polarization (Q) (mJy s1/2) | 120 | 50 | ||||||
| Sensit. on I in pol. mode (mJy s1/2) | 85 | 35 | ||||||
| Sensit. on I in tot. power mode (mJy s1/2) | 42.5 | 17.7 | ||||||
| Instrumental polarization residual | 0.7% | 0.6% | ||||||
| Syst. uncertainty on pol. angle | 1.8° | 1.8° | ||||||
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