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Jul 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988aj.....96...81d&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 96, July 1988, p. 81-91.
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Bremsstrahlung, Radio Emission, Spiral Galaxies, Synchrotron Radiation, Cosmic Rays, Cosmology, Extragalactic Radio Sources, Galactic Structure, Luminosity, Star Formation
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Spectra consisting of both bremsstrahlung and synchrotron components are fit to the observed radio-continuum spectra of 41 spiral galaxies. The detection of the bremsstrahlung component in 11 galaxies is reported. Very low upper limits are placed on another 20. For the remaining 11, model spectra cannot be fit with statistical significance. It is found that the thermal fraction (ratio of bremsstrahlung to total radio emission) spans at least two orders of magnitude among the 31 galaxies with good fits. The spectral index of the synchrotron component is found to vary over a larger range than previously suggested. A possible trend in the thermal fraction with the van den Bergh luminosity class is reported. The dependence is discussed in the context of cosmic-ray production, star formation, and theories of spiral structure, and it is concluded that, if the correlation is real, a three-way relationship may exist.
Bourneuf Eric
Duric Nebojsa
Gregory Philip C.
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