Comparing polarized synchrotron and thermal dust emission in the Galactic plane

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 431; no. 1; pp. 683 - 694
• Main Authors: Jaffe, T. R., Ferrière, K. M., Banday, A. J., Strong, A. W., Orlando, E., Macías-Pérez, J. F., Fauvet, L., Combet, C., Falgarone, E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Oxford University Press 01.05.2013; Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P - Oxford Open Option A
• Subjects: Anisotropy; Astrophysics; Galactic Astrophysics; Magnetic fields; Physics; Satellites; Sciences of the Universe; Star & galaxy formation; submillimetre: ISM; polarization; Galaxy: structure; radio continuum: ISM; ISM: magnetic fields

As the next step towards an improved large-scale Galactic magnetic field model, we present a simple comparison of polarized synchrotron and thermal dust emission on the Galactic plane. We find that the field configuration in our previous model that reproduces the polarized synchrotron is not compati...