Adam, R;
Ade, PAR;
Alves, MIR;
Ashdown, M;
Aumont, J;
Baccigalupi, C;
Banday, AJ;
... Zonca, A; + view all
(2016)
Planck intermediate results XLII. Large-scale Galactic magnetic fields.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
, 596
, Article A103. 10.1051/0004-6361/201528033.
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Abstract
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 polarized synchrotron and dust emission with that measured by the Planck satellite. We first update these models to match the Planck synchrotron products using a common model for the cosmicray leptons. We discuss the impact on this analysis of the ongoing problems of component separation in the Planck microwave bands and of the uncertain cosmic-ray spectrum. In particular, the inferred degree of ordering in the magnetic fields is sensitive to these systematic uncertainties, and we further show the importance of considering the expected variations in the observables in addition to their mean morphology. We then compare the resulting simulated emission to the observed dust polarization and find that the dust predictions do not match the morphology in the Planck data but underpredict the dust polarization away from the plane. We modify one of the models to roughly match both observables at high latitudes by increasing the field ordering in the thin disc near the observer. Though this specific analysis is dependent on the component separation issues, we present the improved model as a proof of concept for how these studies can be advanced in future using complementary information from ongoing and planned observational projects.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Planck intermediate results XLII. Large-scale Galactic magnetic fields |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201528033 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201528033 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, ISM: general, ISM: magnetic fields, polarization, PROBE WMAP OBSERVATIONS, COSMIC-RAY PROPAGATION, SYNCHROTRON EMISSION, MILKY-WAY, POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS, SPECTRAL INDEX, OUTER GALAXY, MODELS, DUST, MAPS |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10048437 |
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