Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-11-21
Astrophys.J.661:938-943,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 page, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1086/516817
A comparison of a 19 GHz full-sky map with the WMAP satellite K band (23 GHz) map indicates that the bulk of the 20 GHz emission within 7 degrees of the Galactic plane has an inverted (rising) spectrum with an average spectral index alpha = 0.21 +/- 0.05. While such a spectrum is inconsistent with steep spectrum synchrotron (alpha ~ -0.7) and flat spectrum free-free (alpha ~ -0.1) emission, it is consistent with various models of electric dipole emission from thermally excited spinning dust grains as well as models of magnetic dipole emission from ferromagnetic dust grains. Several regions in the plane, e.g., near the Cygnus arm, have spectra with even larger alpha. While low signal to noise of the 19 GHz data precludes a detailed map of spectral index, especially off the Galactic plane, it appears that the bulk of the emission in the plane is correlated with the morphology of dust. Regions with higher 23 GHz flux tend to have harder spectra. Off the plane, at Galactic latitudes between 7 and 20 degree the spectrum steepens to alpha = -0.16 +/- 0.15.
Boughn Stephen P.
Pober Jonathan C.
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