Galactic Free-free Emission and H$α$

Details Galactic Free-free Emission and H$α$ Galactic Free-free Emission and H$α$

1998-04-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9804330v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

To appear in ``Fundamental Parameters in Cosmology'', Moriond proceedings, January, 1998

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We review present understanding of Galactic free-free emission and its possible importance to CMB fluctuation measurements. Current results, from both ``direct'' observations in the microwave band and from H$\alpha$ studies, suggest that this foreground does not represent a serious obstacle to mapping the CMB; however, this is based on limited information and we emphasize the need for more exhaustive studies. We also present some preliminary results based on our recent H$\alpha$ observations near the South Pole CMB data sets. The fluctuation amplitude seen in H$\alpha$ indicates that the detected CMB fluctuations are not significantly contaminated by free-free emission, at least if the diffuse gas is at a temperature of $T\sim 10^4$ K.

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