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Characterizing the diffuse Galactic synchrotron emission at arcminute angular scales is needed to reliably remove foregrounds in cosmological 21-cm measurements. The study of this emission is also interesting in its own right. Here, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-27 Samir Choudhuri , Somnath Bharadwaj , Sk. Saiyad Ali , Nirupam Roy , H. T. Intema , Abhik Ghosh

Galactic foreground emission is a limiting factor for precise cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy measurements. We perform an angular power spectrum analysis (APS) of all-sky total intensity maps at 408 MHz and 1420 MHz, which are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. La Porta , C. Burigana , W. Reich , P. Reich

Radio surveys at frequencies of about 1 GHz allow to map the synchrotron emission in a frequency range where (except for very low Galactic latitudes or towards localized regions) it dominates over the other radio components. New all sky…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 C. Burigana , L. La Porta , P. Reich , W. Reich

The diffuse Galactic synchrotron emission (DGSE) is the most important diffuse foreground component for future cosmological 21-cm observations. The DGSE is also an important probe of the cosmic ray electron and magnetic field distributions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-26 Sk. Saiyad Ali , Somnath Bharadwaj , Samir Choudhuri , Abhik Ghosh , Nirupam Roy

Our position inside the Galaxy requires all-sky surveys to reveal its large-scale properties. The zero-level calibration of all-sky surveys differs from standard 'relative' measurements, where a source is measured in respect to its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wolfgang Reich , Patricia Reich

We calculate the angular power spectrum of the galactic synchrotron radiation induced by the small scale fluctuations of the magnetic field and the cosmic ray electron density. Using the observed interstellar magnetic field spectrum, which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xuelei Chen

Aims: We study the Galactic large-scale synchrotron emission by generating a reliable all-sky spectral index map and temperature map at 45 MHz. Methods: We use our observations, the published all-sky map at 408 MHz, and a bibliographical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-12-10 Andres E. Guzmán , Jorge May , Hector Alvarez , Koitiro Maeda

A detailed knowledge of the Galactic radio continuum is of high interest for studies of the dynamics and structure of the Galaxy as well as for the problem of foreground removal in Cosmic Microwave Background measurements. In this work we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 P. Platania , C. Burigana , D. Maino , E. Caserini , M. Bersanelli , B. Cappellini , A. Mennella

Studying the diffuse Galactic synchrotron emission (hereafter, DGSE) at arc-minute angular scale is important to remove the foregrounds for the cosmological 21-cm observations. Statistical measurements of the large-scale DGSE can also be…

We present an all-sky map of the synchrotron spectral index and curvature between 45 and 2300 MHz at a resolution of 1 degree calculated from a combination of numerous partial sky empirical measurements. We employ a least-squares parametric…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-08 Melis O. Irfan , Giuseppe Puglisi

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…

The polarized diffuse Galactic radio emission, mainly synchrotron emission, is expected to be one of the most relevant source of astrophysical contamination at low and moderate multipoles in cosmic microwave background polarization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 C. Burigana , L. La Porta

The C-Band All-Sky Survey (C-BASS) has observed the Galaxy at 4.76GHz with an angular resolution of $0.73^\circ$ full-width half-maximum, and detected Galactic synchrotron emission with high signal-to-noise ratio over the entire northern…

The aim of the present analysis is to improve the knowledge of the statistical properties of the Galactic diffuse synchrotron emission, which constrains sensitive CMB anisotropy measurements. We have analysed the new DRAO 1.4 GHz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. La Porta , C. Burigana , W. Reich , P. Reich

We present an analysis of the diffuse emission at 5 GHz in the first quadrant of the Galactic plane using two months of preliminary intensity data taken with the C-Band All Sky Survey (C-BASS) northern instrument at the Owens Valley Radio…

We have analyzed the available polarization surveys of the Galactic emission to estimate to what extent it may be a serious hindrance to forthcoming experiments aimed at detecting the polarized component of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. Baccigalupi , C. Burigana , F. Perrotta , G. De Zotti , L. La Porta , D. Maino , M. Maris , R. Paladini

Polarized Galactic synchrotron emission is an undesirable foreground for cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments observing at frequencies $< 150$ GHz. We perform a combined analysis of observational data at 1.4, 2.3, 23, 30 and 33 GHz…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 Janet L. Weiland , Graeme E. Addison , Charles L. Bennett , Mark Halpern , Gary Hinshaw

Low-frequency radio observations of diffuse synchrotron radiation offer a unique vantage point for investigating the intricate relationship between gas and magnetic fields in the formation of structures within the Galaxy, spanning from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-29 Andrea Bracco , Marco Padovani , Daniele Galli

We present an analysis of simultaneous multifrequency measurements of the Galactic emission in the 1-10 GHz range with 18 degrees, angular resolution taken from a high altitude site. Our data yield a determination of the synchrotron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 P. Platania , M. Bensadoun , M. Bersanelli , G. De Amici , A. Kogut , S. Levin , D. Maino , G. F. Smoot

We present a new model of the diffuse Galactic synchrotron radiation, concentrating on its angular anisotropies. While previous studies have focussed on either the variation of the emissivity on large (kpc) scales, or on fluctuations due to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-06-26 Philipp Mertsch , Subir Sarkar
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