The QUaD Galactic Plane Survey 1: Maps And Analysis of Diffuse Emission
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Culverhouse, T.
Ade, P.
Bock, J.
Bowden, M.
Brown, M.
Cahill, G.
Castro, P.
Church, S.
Friedman, R.
Ganga, K.
Gear, W.
Gupta, S.
Hinderks, J.
Lange, A.
Leitch, E.
Melhuish, S.
Memari, Y.
Murphy, J.
Orlando, A.
Schwarz, R.
O'Sullivan, C.
Piccirillo, L.
Rajguru, N.
Rusholme, B.
Taylor, A.
Thompson, K.
Turner, A.
Wu, E.
Zemcov, M.
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Culverhouse, T., P. Ade, J. Bock, M. Bowden, M. L. Brown, G. Cahill, P. G. Castro, et al. 2010. “The QUaD Galactic Plane Survey 1: Maps And Analysis of Diffuse Emission.” The Astrophysical Journal 722 (2) (September 27): 1057–1077. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/722/2/1057.Abstract
We present a survey of ∼ 800 square degrees of the galactic plane observed with the QUaD telescope. The primary product of the survey are maps of Stokes I, Q and U parameters at 100 and 150 GHz, with spatial resolution 5 and 3.5 arcminutes respectively. Two regions are covered, spanning approximately 245 − 295◦and 315 − 5 ◦in galactic longitude l, and −4 < b < +4 ◦in galactic latitude b. At 0.02◦ square pixel size, the median sensitivity is 74 and 107 kJy/sr at 100 GHz and 150 GHz respectively in I, and 98 and 120 kJy/sr for Q and U. In total intensity, we find an average spectral index of α = 2.35±0.01(stat)±0.02(sys) for |b| ≤ 1◦, indicative of emission components other than thermal dust. A comparison to published dust, synchrotron and free-free models implies an excess of emission in the 100 GHz QUaD band, while better agreement is found at 150 GHz. A smaller excess is observed when comparing QUaD 100 GHz data to WMAP 5-year W band; in this case the excess is likely due to the wider bandwidth of QUaD. Combining the QUaD and WMAP data, a two-component spectral fit to the inner galactic plane (|b| ≤ 1◦) yields mean spectral indices of αs = −0.32 ± 0.03 and αd = 2.84 ± 0.03; the former is interpreted as a combination of the spectral indices of synchrotron, free-free and dust, while the second is attributed largely to the thermal dust continuum. In the same galactic latitude range, the polarization data show a high degree of alignment perpendicular to the expected galactic magnetic field direction, and exhibit mean polarization fraction 1.38±0.08(stat)±0.1(sys)% at 100 GHz and 1.70±0.06(stat)±0.1(sys)% at 150 GHz. We find agreement in polarization fraction between QUaD 100 GHz and WMAP W band, the latter giving 1.1±0.4%.Other Sources
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