A Determination of the Spectral Index of Galactic Synchrotron Emission in the 1-10 GHz range
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We present an analysis of simultaneous multifrequency measurements of the Galactic emission in the 1-10 GHz range with 18◦ angular resolution taken from a high altitude site. Our data yield a determination of the synchrotron spectral index between 1.4 GHz and 7.5 GHz of αsyn = 2.81 ± 0.16. Combining our data with the maps from Haslam et al. (1982) and Reich & Reich (1986) we find αsyn = 2.76 ± 0.11 in the 0.4 7.5 GHz range. These results are in agreement with the few previously published measurements. The variation of αsyn with frequency based on our results and compared with other data found in the literature suggests a steepening of the synchrotron spectrum towards high frequencies as expected from theory, because of the steepening of the parent cosmic ray electron energy spectrum. Comparison between the Haslam data and the 19 GHz map (Cottingham 1987) also indicates a significant spectral index variation on large angular scale. Addition quality data are necessary to provide a serious study of these effects.
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