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Titolo: | Planck intermediate results. XIX. An overview of the polarized thermal emission from Galactic dust | Autori: | Planck Collaboration Ade, P. A. R. Aghanim, N. Alina, D. Alves, M. I. R. Armitage-Caplan, C. Arnaud, M. Arzoumanian, D. Ashdown, M. Atrio-Barandela, F. Aumont, J. Baccigalupi, C. Banday, A. J. Barreiro, R. B. Battaner, E. Benabed, K. Benoit-Lévy, A. Bernard, J. -P. Bersanelli, M. Bielewicz, P. Bock, J. J. Bond, J. R. Borrill, J. Bouchet, F. R. Boulanger, F. Bracco, A. BURIGANA, CARLO Butler, R. C. Cardoso, J. -F. Catalano, A. Chamballu, A. Chary, R. -R. Chiang, H. C. Christensen, P. R. Colombi, S. Colombo, L. P. L. Combet, C. Couchot, F. Coulais, A. Crill, B. P. Curto, A. CUTTAIA, FRANCESCO Danese, L. Davies, R. D. Davis, R. J. de Bernardis, P. de Gouveia Dal Pino, E. M. De Rosa, A. de Zotti, G. Delabrouille, J. Désert, F. -X. Dickinson, C. Diego, J. M. Donzelli, S. Doré, O. Douspis, M. Dunkley, J. Dupac, X. Efstathiou, G. Enßlin, T. A. Eriksen, H. K. Falgarone, E. Ferrière, K. FINELLI, FABIO Forni, O. FRAILIS, Marco Fraisse, A. A. FRANCESCHI, ENRICO GALEOTTA, Samuele Ganga, K. Ghosh, T. Giard, M. Giraud-Héraud, Y. González-Nuevo, J. Górski, K. M. Gregorio, A. GRUPPUSO, ALESSANDRO Guillet, V. Hansen, F. K. Harrison, D. L. Helou, G. Hernández-Monteagudo, C. Hildebrandt, S. R. Hivon, E. Hobson, M. Holmes, W. A. Hornstrup, A. Huffenberger, K. M. Jaffe, A. H. Jaffe, T. R. Jones, W. C. Juvela, M. Keihänen, E. Keskitalo, R. Kisner, T. S. Kneissl, R. Knoche, J. Kunz, M. Kurki-Suonio, H. Lagache, G. Lähteenmäki, A. Lamarre, J. -M. Lasenby, A. Lawrence, C. R. Leahy, J. P. Leonardi, R. Levrier, F. Liguori, M. Lilje, P. B. Linden-Vørnle, M. López-Caniego, M. Lubin, P. M. Macías-Pérez, J. F. Maffei, B. Magalhães, A. M. Maino, D. Mandolesi, N. MARIS, Michele Marshall, D. J. Martin, P. G. Martínez-González, E. Masi, S. Matarrese, S. Mazzotta, P. Melchiorri, A. Mendes, L. Mennella, A. Migliaccio, M. Miville-Deschênes, M. -A. Moneti, A. Montier, L. MORGANTE, GIANLUCA Mortlock, D. Munshi, D. Murphy, J. A. Naselsky, P. Nati, F. Natoli, P. Netterfield, C. B. Noviello, F. Novikov, D. Novikov, I. Oxborrow, C. A. Pagano, L. Pajot, F. Paladini, R. PAOLETTI, DANIELA Pasian, F. Pearson, T. J. Perdereau, O. Perotto, L. Perrotta, F. Piacentini, F. Piat, M. Pietrobon, D. Plaszczynski, S. Poidevin, F. Pointecouteau, E. Polenta, G. Popa, L. Pratt, G. W. Prunet, S. Puget, J. -L. Rachen, J. P. Reach, W. T. Rebolo, R. Reinecke, M. Remazeilles, M. Renault, C. RICCIARDI, SARA Riller, T. Ristorcelli, I. Rocha, G. Rosset, C. Roudier, G. Rubiño-Martín, J. A. Rusholme, B. SANDRI, MAURA Savini, G. Scott, D. Spencer, L. D. Stolyarov, V. Stompor, R. Sudiwala, R. Sutton, D. Suur-Uski, A. -S. Sygnet, J. -F. Tauber, J. A. TERENZI, LUCA Toffolatti, L. Tomasi, M. Tristram, M. Tucci, M. UMANA, Grazia Maria Gloria VALENZIANO, LUCA Valiviita, J. Van Tent, B. Vielva, P. VILLA, FABRIZIO Wade, L. A. Wandelt, B. D. ZACCHEI, Andrea Zonca, A. |
Data pubblicazione: | 2015 | Rivista: | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | Numero: | 576 | Da pagina:: | A104 | Abstract: | This paper presents an overview of the polarized sky as seen by Planck HFI at 353 GHz, which is the most sensitive Planck channel for dust polarization. We construct and analyse maps of dust polarization fraction and polarization angle at 1° resolution, taking into account noise bias and possible systematic effects. The sensitivity of the Planck HFI polarization measurements allows for the first time a mapping of Galactic dust polarized emission on large scales, including low column density regions. We find that the maximum observed dust polarization fraction is high (p<SUB>max</SUB> = 19.8%), in particular in some regions of moderate hydrogen column density (N<SUB>H</SUB> < 2 × 10<SUP>21</SUP> cm<SUP>-2</SUP>). The polarization fraction displays a large scatter at N<SUB>H</SUB> below a few 10<SUP>21</SUP> cm<SUP>-2</SUP>. There is a general decrease in the dust polarization fraction with increasing column density above N<SUB>H</SUB> ≃ 1 × 10<SUP>21</SUP> cm<SUP>-2</SUP> and in particular a sharp drop above N<SUB>H</SUB> ≃ 1.5 × 10<SUP>22</SUP> cm<SUP>-2</SUP>. We characterize the spatial structure of the polarization angle using the angle dispersion function. We find that the polarization angle is ordered over extended areas of several square degrees, separated by filamentary structures of high angle dispersion function. These appear as interfaces where the sky projection of the magnetic field changes abruptly without variations in the column density. The polarization fraction is found to be anti-correlated with the dispersion of polarization angles. These results suggest that, at the resolution of 1°, depolarization is due mainly to fluctuations in the magnetic field orientation along the line of sight, rather than to the loss of grain alignment in shielded regions. We also compare the polarization of thermal dust emission with that of synchrotron measured with Planck, low-frequency radio data, and Faraday rotation measurements toward extragalactic sources. These components bear resemblance along the Galactic plane and in some regions such as the Fan and North Polar Spur regions. The poor match observed in other regions shows, however, that dust, cosmic-ray electrons, and thermal electrons generally sample different parts of the line of sight. <P />Appendices are available in electronic form at <A href="http://www.aanda.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424082/olm">http://www.aanda.org</A> | Acknowledgments: | The development of Planck has been supported by: ESA; CNES and CNRS/INSU-IN2P3-INP (France); ASI, CNR, and INAF (Italy); NASA and DoE (USA); STFC and UKSA (UK); CSIC, MICINN, J.A., and RES (Spain); Tekes, AoF, and CSC (Finland); DLR and MPG (Germany); CSA (Canada); DTU Space (Denmark); SER/SSO (Switzerland); RCN (Norway); SFI (Ireland); FCT/M CTES (Portugal); and PRACE (EU). A description of the Planck Collaboration and a list of its members, including the technical or scientific activities in which they have been involved, can be found at http://www.sciops.esa.int/index.php?project=planckpage=Planck_Collaboration . The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ ERC grant agreement no 267934 and from a joint agreement between University of São Paulo, Brazil, and COFECUB, France (grant nos. USP 2007.1.433.14.2 and COFECUB Uc Te 114/08). We acknowledge the use of the Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis (LAMBDA), part of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Center (HEASARC). HEASARC/LAMBDA is a service of the Astrophysics Science Division at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Some of the results in this paper have been derived using the HEALPix package. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/23409 | URL: | https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2015/04/aa24082-14/aa24082-14.html | ISSN: | 0004-6361 | DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201424082 | Bibcode ADS: | 2015A&A...576A.104P | Fulltext: | open |
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