Galactic Emission from Spinning Dust Grains
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چکیده
Spinning interstellar dust grains produce detectable rotational emission in the 10-100 GHz frequency range. We calculate the emission spectrum, and show that this emission can account for the " anomalous " Galactic background component which correlates with 100 µm thermal emission from dust. Implications for cosmic background studies are discussed.
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Diffuse Galactic Emission from Spinning Dust Grains
Spinning interstellar dust grains produce detectable rotational emission in the 10-100 GHz frequency range. We calculate the emission spectrum, and show that this emission can account for the " anomalous " Galactic background component which correlates with 100 µm thermal emission from dust. Implications for cosmic background studies are discussed.
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