• Title of article

    Galactic magnetic turbulence from radio data

  • Author/Authors

    Regis، نويسنده , , Marco، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    170
  • To page
    176
  • Abstract
    Fluctuations in the Galactic synchrotron emission can be traced by the angular power spectrum of radio maps at low multipoles. At frequencies below few GHz, large-scale anisotropies are mainly induced by magnetic field turbulence, since non-thermal electrons radiating at these frequencies are uniformly distributed over the scales of magnetic field inhomogeneities. By performing an analysis of five radio maps, we extract constraints on turbulence spectral index and halo scale. Results favour a power spectrum significantly flatter than for 3D Kolmogorov-like turbulence, and a thin halo. This can be interpreted as an indication supporting non-conventional models of propagation of cosmic-ray particles in the Galaxy, or as a suggestion of a spectral-index break in the observed magnetic turbulence power spectrum.
  • Keywords
    Cosmic-rays , Radio synchrotron emission , Galactic Magnetic Field
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    1336098