Anisotropy in the Distribution of Galactic Radio Polarizations
arXiv:astro-ph/9803164 · doi:10.1142/S0217732399000481
Abstract
Radiation traversing the observable universe provides powerful ways to probe anisotropy of electromagnetic propagation. A controversial recent study claimed a signal of dipole character. Here we test a new and independent data set of 361 points under the null proposal of {\it statistical independence} of linear polarization alignments relative to galaxy axes, versus angular positions. The null hypothesis is tested via maximum likelihood analysis of best fits among numerous independent types of factored distributions. We also examine single-number correlations which are parameter free, invariant under coordinate transformations, and distributed very robustly. The statistics are shown explicitly not to depend on the uneven distribution of sources on the sky. We find that the null proposal is not supported at the level of less than 5% to less than 0.1% by several independent statistics. The signal of correlation violates parity, that is, symmetry under spatial inversion, and requires a statistic which transforms properly. The data indicate an axis of correlation, on the basis of likelihood determined to be , .
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