RMS Radio Source Contributions to the Microwave Sky

Details RMS Radio Source Contributions to the Microwave Sky RMS Radio Source Contributions to the Microwave Sky

2007-08-30

arxiv.org/abs/0708.4220v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

17 pages, 8 figures, submitted to ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/529585

Cross-correlations of the WMAP full sky K, Ka, Q, V, and W band maps with the 1.4 GHz NVSS source count map and the HEAO I A2 2-10 keV full sky X-ray flux map are used to constrain rms fluctuations due to unresolved microwave sources in the WMAP frequency range. In the Q band (40.7 GHz), a lower limit, taking account of only those fluctuations correlated with the 1.4 GHz radio source counts and X-ray flux, corresponds to an rms Rayleigh-Jeans temperature of ~ 2 microKelvin for a solid angle of one square degree. The correlated fluctuations at the other bands are consistent with a beta = -2.1 +- 0.4 frequency spectrum. Using the rms fluctuations of the X-ray flux and radio source counts, and the cross-correlation of these two quantities as a guide, the above lower limit leads to a plausible estimate of ~ 5 microKelvin for Q-band rms fluctuations in one square degree. This value is similar to that implied by the excess, small angular scale fluctuations observed in the Q band by WMAP, and is consistent with estimates made by extrapolating low-frquency source counts.

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