Cross-correlation of Tenerife data with galactic templates -: Evidence for spinning dust?

被引:86
作者
de Oliveira-Costa, A
Tegmark, M
Gutiérrez, CM
Jones, AW
Davies, RD
Lasenby, AN
Rebolo, R
Watson, RA
机构
[1] Inst Adv Study, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
[2] Princeton Univ, Joseph Henry Labs, Dept Phys, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[3] Inst Astrofis Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
[4] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Mullard Radio Astron Observ, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
[5] Univ Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astron Labs, Macclesfield SK11 9DL, Cheshire, England
关键词
cosmic microwave background; diffuse radiation; methods : data analysis; radiation mechanisms : nonthermal; radiation mechanisms : thermal;
D O I
10.1086/312384
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The recent discovery of dust-correlated diffuse microwave emission has prompted two rival explanations: free-free emission and spinning dust grains. We present new detections of this component at 10 and 15 GHz by the switched-beam Tenerife experiment. The data show a turnover in the spectrum and thereby support the spinning dust hypothesis. We also present a significant detection of synchrotron radiation at 10 GHz, which is useful for normalizing foreground contamination of cosmic microwave background experiments at high galactic latitudes.
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页码:L9 / L12
页数:4
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