Polarization fluctuations due to extragalactic sources.pdfVIP

a r X i v : a s t r o - p h / 9 9 0 8 0 5 8 v 1 6 A u g 1 9 9 9 Polarization fluctuations due to extragalactic sources G. De Zotti a,1 C. Gruppioni b P. Ciliegi b C. Burigana c L. Danese d aOsservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy bOsservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Via Ranzani 1, I-40127 Bologna, Italy cIstituto TESRE/CNR, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy dSISSA, International School for Advanced Studies, Via Beirut 2-4, I-34014 Trieste, Italy Abstract We have derived the relationship between polarization and intensity fluctuations du