Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-12-03
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, Latex (use psfig.tex), 2 figures included; Submitted to: Astrophys. Lett & Comm; Proc. of the Workshop: "The Cosmic
Scientific paper
We discuss the main uncertainties affecting estimates of small scale fluctuations due to extragalactic sources in the Planck Surveyor frequency bands. Conservative estimates allow us to confidently conclude that, in the frequency range 100--200 GHz, the contaminating effect of extragalactic sources is well below the expected anisotropy level of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), down to angular scales of at least $\simeq 10'$. Hence, an accurate subtraction of foreground fluctuations is not critical for the determination of the CMB power spectrum up to multipoles $\ell \simeq 1000$. In any case, Planck's wide frequency coverage will allow to carefully control foreground contributions. On the other hand, the all sky surveys at 9 frequencies, spanning the range 30--900 GHz, will be unique in providing complete samples comprising from several hundreds to many thousands of extragalactic sources, selected in an essentially unexplored frequency interval. New classes of sources may be revealed in these data.
de Zotti Gianfranco
Toffolatti Luigi
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