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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 362, Issue 2, Pages 403-410Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09331.x
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magnetic fields; methods : data analysis; Galaxy : structure; cosmic microwave background
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Using a set of compilations of measurements for extragalactic radio sources, we construct all-sky maps of the Faraday rotation produced by the Galactic magnetic field. In order to generate the maps, we treat the radio source positions as a kind of 'mask' and construct combinations of spherical harmonic modes that are orthogonal on the masked sky. As long as relatively small multipoles are used, the resulting maps are quite stable to changes in the selection criteria for the sources, and show clearly the structure of the local Galactic magnetic field. We also suggest the use of these maps as templates for cosmic microwave background (CMB) foreground analysis, illustrating the idea with a cross-correlation analysis between the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) data and our maps. We find a significant cross-correlation, indicating the presence of a significant residual contamination.
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