Maps of Cassiopeia A and the Crab Nebula at lambda 1.2 MM

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Cassiopeia A, Crab Nebula, Interstellar Matter, Radio Astronomy, Supernova Remnants, Synchrotron Radiation, Astronomical Maps, Millimeter Waves, Radio Spectra

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The paper presents 1.2 mm contour maps of the SNRs Cassiopeia A and Taurus A (Crab Nebula), obtained with the MPIfR bolometer using the IRTF 3-m and UH 88-in. telescopes on Mauna Kea, with angular resolutions of 90 and 120 arcsec, respectively. These maps are compared with maps at 2.8 cm made with the 100-m telescope and smoothed to the same angular resolution. There is no significant variation in the distribution of surface brightness between 1.2 mm and 2.8 cm for either source, suggesting that in each case the 1.2 mm emission is dominated by synchrotron emission. The synchrotron spectra of both SNRs at millimeter wavelengths are determined by combining the 1.2 mm integrated flux densities with previous measurements at longer wavelengths. Within the error bars the 1.2 mm integrated flux density derived for the Crab Nebula agrees with the synchrotron spectrum of Baars et al. (1977) as extrapolated to 1.2 mm, but that derived for Cas A lies above this extrapolation.

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