Galactic Foregrounds in Owens Valley Radio Observatory and UCSB South Pole 1994 Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Data

Abstract

We study Galactic emission foreground contamination of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory and UCSB South Pole 1994 cosmic microwave background anisotropy data by cross-correlating with templates of infrared dust emission and new high-resolution Virginia Tech Spectral Line Survey (VTSS) and Southern Halpha Sky Survey Atlas (SHASSA) Halpha data. Halpha data provide rough upper limits on the level of free-free emission in the data sets. The cross-correlation analysis does not contradict a two-component foreground emission hypothesis, with the two dust-correlated components being free-free emission and spinning-dust emission.