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Variations of the spectral index of dust emissivity from Hi-GAL observations of the Galactic plane

Variations in the dust emissivity are critical for gas mass determinations derived from far-infrared observations, but also for separating dust foreground emission from the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Hi-GAL observations allow us for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 D. Paradis , M. Veneziani , A. Noriega-Crespo , R. Paladini , F. Piacentini , J. P. Bernard , P. de Bernardis , L. Calzoletti , F. Faustini , P. Martin , S. Masi , L. Montier , P. Natoli , I. Ristorcelli , M. A. Thompson , A. Traficante , S. Molinari

Planck intermediate results. XXIII. Galactic plane emission components derived from Planck with ancillary data

Planck data when combined with ancillary data provide a unique opportunity to separate the diffuse emission components of the inner Galaxy. The purpose of the paper is to elucidate the morphology of the various emission components in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-22 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. I. R. Alves , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. Bobin , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , C. Burigana , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Chamballu , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , B. P. Crill , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , F. K. Hansen , D. L. Harrison , S. Henrot-Versillé , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , M. Massardi , S. Matarrese , P. Mazzotta , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , T. J. Pearson , M. Peel , O. Perdereau , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , W. Reich , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , G. Savini , D. Scott , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , A. W. Strong , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , C. T. Tibbs , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , J. Varis , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , R. Watson , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Planck intermediate results. XLIV. The structure of the Galactic magnetic field from dust polarization maps of the southern Galactic cap

We study the statistical properties of interstellar dust polarization at high Galactic latitude, using the Stokes parameter Planck maps at 353 GHz. Our aim is to advance the understanding of the magnetized interstellar medium (ISM), and to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Planck Collaboration , N. Aghanim , M. I. R. Alves , D. Arzoumanian , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , K. Benabed , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , A. Bracco , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , H. C. Chiang , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , B. Comis , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , E. Di Valentino , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , Y. Fantaye , K. Ferrière , F. Finelli , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , T. Ghosh , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , V. Guillet , F. K. Hansen , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versillé , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , Z. Huang , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , M. Langer , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , M. Le Jeune , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Matarrese , N. Mauri , J. D. McEwen , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , A. Moss , P. Naselsky , P. Natoli , J. Neveu , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , N. Oppermann , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , S. Plaszczynski , G. Polenta , J. P. Rachen , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , B. Ruiz-Granados , L. Salvati , M. Sandri , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , C. Sirignano , J. D. Soler , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , M. Tenti , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , T. Trombetti , J. Valiviita , F. Vansyngel , F. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Galactic emission at 19 GHz

We cross-correlate a 19 GHz full sky Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) survey with other maps to quantify the foreground contribution. Correlations are detected with the Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment (DIRBE) 240, 140 and 100 micron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Angelica de Oliveira-Costa , Max Tegmark , Lyman Page , Steven Boughn

Polarized CMB Foregrounds: What do we know and how bad is it?

Polarized foregrounds are going to be a serious challenge for detecting CMB cosmological B-modes. Both diffuse Galactic emission and extragalactic sources contribute significantly to the power spectrum on large angular scales. At low…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-17 Clive Dickinson

ARCADE 2 Observations of Galactic Radio Emission

We use absolutely calibrated data from the ARCADE 2 flight in July 2006 to model Galactic emission at frequencies 3, 8, and 10 GHz. The spatial structure in the data is consistent with a superposition of free-free and synchrotron emission.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-05-23 A. Kogut , D. J. Fixsen , S. M. Levin , M. Limon , P. M. Lubin , P. Mirel , M. Seiffert , J. Singal , T. Villela , E. Wollack , C. A. Wuensche

Galactic contamination in the QMAP experiment

We quantify the level of foreground contamination in the QMAP Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data with two objectives: (a) measuring the level to which the QMAP power spectrum measurements need to be corrected for foregrounds and (b)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Angelica de Oliveira-Costa , Max Tegmark , Mark J. Devlin , L. M. Haffner , Tom Herbig , Amber D. Miller , Lyman A. Page , Ron J. Reynolds , S. L. Tufte

Foreground influence on primordial non-Gaussianity estimates: needlet analysis of WMAP 5-year data

We constrain the amplitude of primordial non-Gaussianity in the CMB data taking into account the presence of foreground residuals in the maps. We generalise the needlet bispectrum estimator marginalizing over the amplitudes of thermal dust,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 P. Cabella , D. Pietrobon , M. Veneziani , A. Balbi , R. Crittenden , G. de Gasperis , C. Quercellini , N. Vittorio

Constraining the regular Galactic Magnetic Field with the 5-year WMAP polarization measurements at 22 GHz

[ABRIDGED] The knowledge of the regular component of the Galactic magnetic field gives important information about the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way, as well as constitutes a basic tool to determine cosmic rays trajectories. It…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 B. Ruiz-Granados , J. A. Rubino-Martin , E. Battaner

Planck intermediate results. XLII. Large-scale Galactic magnetic fields

Recent models for the large-scale Galactic magnetic fields in the literature have been largely constrained by synchrotron emission and Faraday rotation measures. We use three different but representative models to compare their predicted…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Planck Collaboration , R. Adam , P. A. R. Ade , M. I. R. Alves , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , K. Dolag , O. Doré , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , K. Ferrière , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , D. L. Harrison , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , M. Hobson , A. Hornstrup , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , N. Oppermann , E. Orlando , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , L. Perotto , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , A. W. Strong , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , F. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Neutral hydrogen structures trace dust polarization angle: Implications for cosmic microwave background foregrounds

Using high-resolution data from the Galactic Arecibo L-Band Feed Array HI (GALFA-HI) survey, we show that linear structure in Galactic neutral hydrogen (HI) correlates with the magnetic field orientation implied by Planck 353 GHz polarized…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-16 S. E. Clark , J. Colin Hill , J. E. G. Peek , M. E. Putman , B. L. Babler

Temperature and polarization angular power spectra of Galactic dust radiation at 353 GHz as measured by Archeops

We present the first measurement of temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the diffuse emission of Galactic dust at 353 GHz as seen by Archeops on 20% of the sky. The temperature angular power spectrum is compatible with that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 N. Ponthieu , J. F. Macías-Pérez , M. Tristram , P. Ade , A. Amblard , R. Ansari , J. Aumont , É. Aubourg , A. Benoît , J. -Ph. Bernard , A. Blanchard , J. J. Bock , F. R. Bouchet , A. Bourrachot , P. Camus , J. -F. Cardoso , F. Couchot , P. de Bernardis , J. Delabrouille F. -X. Désert , M. Douspis , L. Dumoulin , Ph. Filliatre , P. Fosalba , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , R. Gispert , J. Grain , L. Guglielmi , J. -Ch. Hamilton , S. Hanany , S. Henrot-Versillé , J. Kaplan , G. Lagache , A. E. Lange , K. Madet , B. Maffei , S. Masi , F. Mayet , F. Nati , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , S. Plaszczynski , M. Piat , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , C. Renault , C. Rosset , D. Santos , D. Vibert , D. Yvon

Angular Spectra of Polarized Galactic Foregrounds

It is believed that magnetic field lines are twisted and bend by turbulent motions in the Galaxy. Therefore, both Galactic synchrotron emission and thermal emission from dust reflects statistics of Galactic turbulence. Our simple model of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Jung Cho , A. Lazarian

The local dust foregrounds in the microwave sky: I. Thermal emission spectra

Analyses of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation maps made by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) have revealed anomalies not predicted by the standard inflationary cosmology. In particular, the power of the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 V. Dikarev , O. Preuss , S. Solanki , H. Krueger , A. Krivov

Evidence for anomalous dust-correlated emission at 8 GHz

In 1969 Edward Conklin measured the anisotropy in celestial emission at 8 GHz with a resolution of 16.2 degrees and used the data to report a detection of the CMB dipole. Given the paucity of 8 GHz observations over large angular scales and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 Michelle Lu , Joanna Dunkley , Lyman Page

Deep 1.4-GHz observations of diffuse polarized emission

Polarized diffuse emission observations at 1.4-GHz in a high Galactic latitude area of the northern Celestial hemisphere are presented. The 3.2 X 3.2 deg^2 field, centred at RA = 10h 58m, Dec = +42deg 18' (B1950), has Galactic coordinates…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. Carretti , S. Poppi , W. Reich , P. Reich , E. Fuerst , G. Bernardi , S. Cortiglioni , C. Sbarra

The Impact of the Spectral Response of an Achromatic Half-Wave Plate on the Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization

We study the impact of the spectral dependence of the linear polarization rotation induced by an achromatic half-wave plate on measurements of cosmic microwave background polarization in the presence of astrophysical foregrounds. We focus…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-16 C. Bao , B. Gold , C. Baccigalupi , J. Didier , S. Hanany , A. Jaffe , B. R. Johnson , S. Leach , T. Matsumura , A. Miller , D. O'Dea

SOFIA/HAWC+ Far-InfraRed Polarimetric Large Area CMZ Exploration (FIREPLACE) Survey I: General Results from the Pilot Program

We present the first data release (DR1) of the Far-Infrared Polarimetric Large Area CMZ Exploration (FIREPLACE) survey. The survey was taken using the 214-micron band of the HAWC+ instrument with the SOFIA telescope (19.6$'$ resolution; 0.7…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-12 Natalie O. Butterfield , David T. Chuss , Jordan A. Guerra , Mark R. Morris , Dylan Pare , Edward J. Wollack , C. Darren Dowell , Matthew J. Hankins , Kaitlyn Karpovich , Javad Siah , Johannes Staguhn , Ellen Zweibel

Towards a free-free template for CMB foregrounds

A full-sky template map of the Galactic free-free foreground emission component is increasingly important for high sensitivity CMB experiments. We use the recently published \ha data of both the northern and southern skies as the basis for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Dickinson , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis

Polarized synchrotron emission

Galactic synchrotron emission represents the most relevant foreground contamination in cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy observations at angular scales $\theta \gsim 1^\circ$ and frequencies $\nu \lsim 70$ GHz. The accurate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Carlo Burigana , Laura La Porta , Wolfgang Reich , Patricia Reich , Joaquin Gonzalez-Nuevo , Marcella Massardi , Gianfranco De Zotti