The ``X component'' of the radio background

Details The ``X component'' of the radio background The ``X component'' of the radio background

Jan 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009arep...53....1s&link_type=abstract

Astronomy Reports, Volume 53, Issue 1, pp.1-8

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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98.70.Vc, 98.70.Dk, 98.38.Dq, 95.85.Bh

Scientific paper

The recent publication of evidence for a new mechanism producing background radio emission of the Galaxy at centimeter wavelengths (in addition to synchrotron radiation, free—free transitions in ionized gas, and the weak radio emission of standard dust) gave rise to a strong reaction among observers, and requires independent experimental verification. This signal is of special concern in connection with studies of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using new-generation experiments. We have derived independent estimates of the validity of the “spinning-dust” hypothesis (dipole emission of macromolecules) using multi-frequency RATAN-600 observations. Test studies in the Perseus molecular cloud show evidence for anomalous extended emission in the absence of strong radio sources (compact HII regions) that could imitate an anomalous radio spectrum in this region. A statistical analysis at centimeter wavelengths over the Ratan Zenith Field shows that the upper limit for the polarized noise from this new component in the spinning-dust hypothesis is unlikely to exceed 1 µK at wavelengths of 1 cm or shorter on the main scales of the EE mode of Sakharov oscillations. Thus, this emission should not hinder studies of this mode, at least to within several percent of the predicted level of polarization of the CMB emission.

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