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arxiv: 1101.5524 · v2 · pith:U3EA2LKDnew · submitted 2011-01-28 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · astro-ph.GA· hep-ph

Galactic Magnetic Turbulence from Radio data

classification 🌌 astro-ph.HE astro-ph.GAhep-ph
keywords turbulencemagneticpowerradiospectrumgalactichalomaps
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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. 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.

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