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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254611603321

Autore

Vidal Navarro Matias

Titolo

Diffuse Radio Foregrounds : All-Sky Polarisation, and Anomalous Microwave Emission / / by Matias Vidal Navarro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-26263-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

523.1

Soggetti

Cosmology

Observations, Astronomical

Astronomy—Observations

Astrophysics

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Doctoral Thesis accepted by the University of Manchester, UK."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Analysis Techniques for WMAP Polarisation data -- WMAP Polarised Filaments -- QUIET Galactic Observations -- AME in LDN1780 -- Conclusions and Future Work.

Sommario/riassunto

This extensive thesis work covers several topics, including intensity and polarization, focusing on a new polarization bias reduction method. Vidal studied data from the WMAP satellite, which is low signal-to-noise and as such has to be corrected for polarization bias. He presents a new method for correcting the data, based on knowledge of the underlying angle of polarization. Using this novel method, he sets upper limits for the polarization fraction of regions known to emit significant amounts of spinning dust emissions. He also studies the large-scale loops and filaments that dominate the synchrotron sky. The dominant features are investigated, including identification of several new features. For the North Polar Spur, a model of an expanding shell in the vicinity of the Sun is tested, which appears to fit the data. Implications for CMB polarization surveys are also discussed. In



addition, Vidal presents interferometric observations of the dark cloud LDN 1780 at 31 GHz and shows that the spinning dust hypothesis can explain the radio properties observed.