Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1995-09-29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Scientific paper
We cross-correlate the COBE-DMR 2-year sky maps with spatial templates from long-wavelength radio surveys and the far-infrared COBE DIRBE maps. We place an upper limit on the spectral index of synchrotron radiation beta_{synch} < -2.9 between 408 MHz and 31.5 GHz. We obtain a statistically significant cross-correlation with the DIRBE maps whose dependence on the DMR frequencies indicates a superposition of dust and free-free emission. The high-latitude dust emission (|b| > 30 deg) is well fitted by a single dust component with temperature T = 18 (+3, -7) K and emissivity epsilon ~ nu^beta with beta = 1.9 (+3.0, -0.5). The free-free emission is spatially correlated with the dust on angular scales larger than the 7 degree DMR beam, with rms variations 5.3 +/- 1.8 uK at 53 GHz and angular power spectrum P ~ ell^{-3}. If this correlation persists to smaller angular scales, free-free emission should not be a significant contaminant to measurements of the cosmic microwave anisotropy at degree angular scales for frequencies above 20 GHz.
Banday Anthony J.
Bennett Charles L.
Górski Kris M.
Hinshaw Gary
Kogut Alan
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