Detection of Spectral Variations of Anomalous Microwave Emission with QUIJOTE and C-BASS
R. Cepeda-Arroita, S. Harper, C. Dickinson, J. A. Rubiño-Martín, R. T. Génova-Santos, Angela C. Taylor, T. J. Pearson, M. Ashdown, A. Barr, R. B. Barreiro, B. C… 展开作者
R. Cepeda-Arroita, S. Harper, C. Dickinson, J. A. Rubiño-Martín, R. T. Génova-Santos, Angela C. Taylor, T. J. Pearson, M. Ashdown, A. Barr, R. B. Barreiro, B. Casaponsa, F. J. Casas, H. C. Chiang, R. Fernandez-Cobos, R. D. P. Grumitt, F. Guidi, H. M. Heilgendorff, D. Herranz, L. R. P. Jew, J. L. Jonas, Michael E. Jones, A. Lasenby, J. Leech, J. P. Leahy, E. Martínez-González, M. W. Peel, F. Poidevin, L. Piccirillo, A. C. S. Readhead, R. Rebolo, B. Ruiz-Granados, J. Sievers, F. Vansyngel, P. Vielva, R. A. Watson
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19 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication by MNRAS
Anomalous Microwave Emission (AME) is a significant component of Galactic diffuse emission in the frequency range $10$-$60\,$GHz and a new window into the properties of sub-nanometre-sized grains in the interstellar medium. We investigate the morphology of AME in the $\approx10^{\circ}$ diameter $λ$ Orionis ring by combining intensity data from the QUIJOTE experiment at $11$, $13$, $17$ and $19\,$GHz and the C-Band All Sky Survey (C-BASS) at $4.76\,$GHz, together with 19 ancillary datasets between $1.42$ and $3000\,$GHz. Maps of physical parameters at $1^{\circ}$ resolution are produced through Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) fits of spectral energy distributions (SEDs), approximating the AME component with a log-normal distribution. AME is detected in excess of $20\,σ$ at degree-scales around the entirety of the ring along photodissociation regions (PDRs), with three primary bright regions containing dark clouds. A radial decrease is observed in the AME peak frequency from $\approx35\,$GHz near the free-free region to $\approx21\,$GHz in the outer regions of the ring, which is the first detection of AME spectral variations across a single region. A strong correlation between AME peak frequency, emission measure and dust temperature is an indication for the dependence of the AME peak frequency on the local radiation field. The AME amplitude normalised by the optical depth is also strongly correlated with the radiation field, giving an overall picture consistent with spinning dust where the local radiation field plays a key role.
QUIJOTE Scientific Results. II. Polarisation Measurements of the Microwave Emission in the Galactic molecular complexes W43 and W47 and supernova remnant W44
We present new intensity and polarisation maps obtained with the QUIJOTE experiment towards the Galactic regions W49, W51 and IC443, covering the frequency range from 10 to 20 GHz at $\sim$ 1 deg angular resolution, with a sensitivity in the range 35-79 $μ$K/beam for total intensity and 13-23 $μ$K/beam for polarisation. For each region, we combine QUIJOTE maps with ancillary data at frequencies ranging from 0.4 to 3000 GHz, reconstruct the spectral energy distribution and model it with a combination of known foregrounds. We detect anomalous microwave emission (AME) in total intensity towards W…
We present new intensity and polarization observations of the Taurus molecular cloud (TMC) region in the frequency range 10-20 GHz with the Multi-Frequency Instrument (MFI) mounted on the first telescope of the QUIJOTE experiment. From the combination of the QUIJOTE data with the WMAP 9-yr data release, the Planck second data release, the DIRBE maps and ancillary data, we detect an anomalous microwave emission (AME) component with flux density $S_{\rm AME, peak} = 43.0 \pm 7.9\,$Jy in the Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC) and $S_{\rm AME, peak} = 10.7 \pm 2.7\,$Jy in the dark cloud nebula L1527, wh…
QUIJOTE scientific results XIX. New constraints on the synchrotron spectral index using a semi-blind component separation method
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias（加那利天体物理学研究所）；Universidad de La Laguna（拉古纳大学）；Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Univ. de Cantabria（坎塔布里亚物理研究所 (IFCA)，西班牙国家研究委员会-坎塔布里亚大学）；University of Cambridge（剑桥大学）
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 sky ($δ> -15^{\circ}$). We present the results of a spatial correlation analysis of Galactic foregrounds at mid-to-high ($b > 10^\circ$) Galactic latitudes using a preliminary version of the C-BASS intensity map. We jointly fit for synchrotron, dust, and free-free components between $20$ and $1000$GHz and look for differences in the Galactic synchrotron spectr…
QUIJOTE scientific results -- XIII. Intensity and polarization study of supernova remnants in the QUIJOTE-MFI wide survey: CTB 80, Cygnus Loop, HB 21, CTA 1, Tycho and HB 9
The QUIJOTE-MFI Northern Hemisphere Wide-Survey has provided maps of the sky above declinations $-30^\circ$ at 11, 13, 17 and 19$\,$GHz. These data are combined with ancillary data to produce Spectral Energy Distributions in intensity in the frequency range 0.4--3\,000$\,$GHz on a sample of 52 candidate compact sources harbouring anomalous microwave emission (AME). We apply a component separation analysis at 1$^\circ$ scale on the full sample from which we identify 44 sources with high AME significance. We explore correlations between different fitted parameters on this last sample. QUIJOTE-MF…
The Haze is an excess of microwave intensity emission surrounding the Galactic centre. It is spatially correlated with the $γ$-ray Fermi bubbles, and with the S-PASS radio polarization plumes, suggesting a possible common provenance. The models proposed to explain the origin of the Haze, including energetic events at the Galactic centre and dark matter decay in the Galactic halo, do not yet provide a clear physical interpretation. In this paper we present a re-analysis of the Haze including new observations from the Multi-Frequency Instrument (MFI) of the Q-U-I JOint TEnerife (QUIJOTE) experim…
We present QUIJOTE intensity and polarization maps in four frequency bands centred around 11, 13, 17 and 19GHz, and covering approximately 29000 deg$^2$, including most of the Northern sky region. These maps result from 9000 h of observations taken between May 2013 and June 2018 with the first QUIJOTE instrument (MFI), and have angular resolutions of around $1^\circ$, and sensitivities in polarization within the range 35-40 $μ$K per 1-degree beam, being a factor $\sim 2$-$4$ worse in intensity. We discuss the data processing pipeline employed, and the basic characteristics of the maps in terms…
We present a point-source detection algorithm that employs the second order Spherical Mexican Hat wavelet filter (SMHW2), and use it on C-BASS northern intensity data to produce a catalogue of point-sources. This catalogue allows us to cross-check the C-BASS flux-density scale against existing source surveys, and provides the basis for a source mask which will be used in subsequent C-BASS and cosmic microwave background (CMB) analyses. The SMHW2 allows us to filter the entire sky at once, avoiding complications from edge effects arising when filtering small sky patches. The algorithm is valida…
All-sky modeling of Galactic emission at radio and microwave frequencies
The University of Manchester（曼彻斯特大学）；Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias（加那利天体物理研究所）；Universidad de La Laguna（拉古纳大学）；University of Oslo（奥斯陆大学）；University of Cambridge（剑桥大学）；University of Oxford（牛津大学）
The C-Band All-Sky Survey C-BASS is a high-sensitivity all-sky radio survey at an angular resolution of 45 arcmin and a frequency of 4.7 GHz. We present a total intensity 4.7 GHz map of the North Celestial Pole (NCP) region of sky, above declination +80 deg, which is limited by source confusion at a level of ~0.6 mK rms. We apply the template-fitting (cross-correlation) technique to WMAP and Planck data, using the C-BASS map as the synchrotron template, to investigate the contribution of diffuse foreground emission at frequencies ~20-40 GHz. We quantify the anomalous microwave emission (AME) t…
Complete studies of the radiative processes of thermal emission from the amorphous dust from microwave through far infrared wavebands are presented by taking into account, self-consistently for the first time, the standard two-level systems (TLS) model of amorphous materials. The observed spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for the Perseus molecular cloud (MC) and W43 from microwave through far infrared are fitted with the SEDs calculated with the TLS model of amorphous silicate. We have found that the model SEDs well reproduce the observed properties of the anomalous microwave emission (AME)…
A comparison between Galactic magnetic field models and polarized synchrotron emission with C-BASS at 4.76 GHz and S-PASS at 2.3 GHz
The University of Manchester（曼彻斯特大学）；FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz-Institute for Information Infrastructure（卡尔斯鲁厄FIZ–莱布尼茨信息基础设施研究所）；Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias（加那利群岛天体物理研究所）；University of Oxford（牛津大学）
通过比较当代银河磁场模型与S-PASS和C-BASS巡天的偏振同步辐射观测，评估模型在重现偏振幅度和偏振角方面的能力，发现大多数模型在大尺度偏振角上表现良好，但无法再现偏振强度的形态，并指出局部结构（如北银极 Spur/Loop I 和 Fan 区域）对微波偏振同步辐射建模至关重要。
