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2023MNRAS.519.3432T - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 519, 3432-3459 (2023/March-1)

QUIJOTE scientific results - V. The microwave intensity and polarization spectra of the Galactic regions W49, W51 and IC443.

TRAMONTE D., GENOVA-SANTOS R.T., RUBINO-MARTIN J.A., VIELVA P., POIDEVIN F., LOPEZ-CARABALLO C.H., PEEL M.W., ASHDOWN M., ARTAL E., BARREIRO R.B., CASAS F.J., DE LA HOZ E., FERNANDEZ-TORREIRO M., GUIDI F., HERRANZ D., HOYLAND R.J., LASENBY A.N., MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ E., PICCIRILLO L., REBOLO R., RUIZ-GRANADOS B., VANSYNGEL F. and WATSON R.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present new intensity and polarization maps obtained with the QUIJOTE experiment towards the Galactic regions W49, W51 and IC443, covering the frequency range from 10 to 20 GHz at $\sim 1\, \text{deg}$ angular resolution, with a sensitivity in the range 35-79 $\mu \text{K}\, \text{beam}^{-1}$ for total intensity and 13-23 $\mu \text{K}\, \text{beam}^{-1}$ for polarization. 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 W49 at 4.7σ and W51 at 4.0σ with peak frequencies $\nu _{\rm AME}=(20.0\pm 1.4)\, \text{GHz}$ and $\nu _{\rm AME}=(17.7\pm 3.6)\, \text{GHz}$, respectively; this is the first detection of AME towards W51. The contamination from ultracompact H II regions to the residual AME flux density is estimated at 10 per cent in W49 and 5 per cent in W51, and does not rule out the AME detection. The polarized SEDs reveal a synchrotron contribution with spectral indices αs = -0.67 ± 0.10 in W49 and αs = -0.51 ± 0.07 in W51, ascribed to the diffuse Galactic emission and to the local supernova remnant, respectively. Towards IC443 in total intensity we measure a broken power-law synchrotron spectrum with cut-off frequency $\nu _{\rm 0,s}=(114\pm 73)\, \text{GHz}$, in agreement with previous studies; our analysis, however, rules out any AME contribution which had been previously claimed towards IC443. No evidence of polarized AME emission is detected in this study.

Abstract Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): radiation mechanisms: general - ISM: individual objects: W49, W51, IC443 - radio continuum: ISM

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