Pulsars as the Source of the WMAP Haze

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Kaplinghat, Manoj, Phalen, Daniel J, Zurek, Kathryn M
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 09.09.2009
• Subjects: Electron-positron pairs; Frequencies; Frequency spectrum; Haze; High energy electrons; Interstellar matter; Mathematical morphology; Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Physics - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology; Pulsars

The WMAP haze is an excess in the 22 to 93 GHz frequency bands of WMAP extending about 10 degrees from the galactic center. We show that synchrotron emission from electron-positron pairs injected into the interstellar medium by the galactic population of pulsars with energies in the 1 to 100 GeV ran...