Polarization leakage in Epoch of Reionization windows: I. LOFAR observations of the 3C196 field

K. M. B. Asad, L. V. E. Koopmans, V. Jelić +25

Detection of the 21-cm signal coming from the epoch of reionization (EoR) is challenging especially because, even after removing the foregrounds, the residual Stokes $I$ maps conta…