The radio halo of the Galaxy.
Abstract
A new way of analyzing radio observations for evidence of a radio halo around the Galaxy is presented. When applied to appropriate measurements clear evidence for a weak radio halo with a steep spectrum is found. This radio halo is much weaker than expected on the hypothesis that the galactic cosmic rays fill the halo region.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/171.2.243
- Bibcode:
- 1975MNRAS.171..243W
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Structure;
- Milky Way Galaxy;
- Radio Astronomy;
- Astronomical Models;
- Brightness Temperature;
- Cosmic Rays;
- Galactic Radiation;
- Halos;
- Radio Spectra;
- Synchrotron Radiation;
- Astronomy