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The angular power spectrum measurement of the Galactic synchrotron emission using the TGSS survey.

Authors :
Choudhuri, Samir
Bharadwaj, Somnath
Ali, Sk. Saiyad
Roy, Nirupam
Intema, H. T.
Ghosh, Abhik
Jelić, V.
van der Hulst, T.
Source :
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; 2017 Supplement, Vol. 12 Issue S333, p157-161, 5p
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Characterizing the diffuse Galactic synchrotron emission (DGSE) at arcminute angular scales is needed to remove this foregrounds in cosmological 21-cm measurements. Here, we present the angular power spectrum (C <subscript>ℓ</subscript>) measurement of the diffuse Galactic synchrotron emission using two fields observed by the TIFR GMRT Sky Survey (TGSS). We apply 2D Tapered Gridded Estimator (TGE) to estimate the C <subscript>ℓ</subscript> from the visibilities. We find that the residual data after subtracting the point sources is likely dominated by the diffuse Galactic synchrotron radiation across the angular multipole range 240 ≤ ℓ ≲ 500. We fit a power law to the measured C <subscript>ℓ</subscript> over this ℓ range. We find that the slopes in both fields are consistent with earlier measurements. For the second field, however, we interpret the measured C <subscript>ℓ</subscript> as an upper limit for the DGSE as there is an indication of a significant residual point source contribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17439213
Volume :
12
Issue :
S333
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
132584068
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921317011280