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López-Caraballo, C. H.; Rubiño-Martín, J. A.; Rebolo, R.; Génova-Santos, R.
Bibliographical reference
Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VI, Proceedings of the IX Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), held in Madrid, September 13 - 17, 2010, Eds.: M. R. Zapatero Osorio, J. Gorgas, J. Maíz Apellániz, J. R. Pardo, and A. Gil de Paz., p. 387-387
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2011
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We have used the seven year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
data in order to update the measurements of the intensity signal in the
G159.6-18.5 region within the Perseus Molecular Complex, and to set
constraints on the polarization level of the anomalous microwave
emission in the frequency range where this emission is dominant. At 23,
33 and 41 GHz, we obtain upper limits on the fractional linear
polarization of 1.0, 1.8 and 2.7% respectively (with a 95 per cent
confidence level). These measurements rule out a significant number of
models based on magnetic dipole emission of grains that consist of a
simple domain (Draine & Lazariam, 1998, ApJ, 508, 157) as
responsible of the anomalous emission. When combining our results with
the measurement obtained with the COSMOSOMAS experiment at 11 GHz
(Battistelli et al. 2006, ApJ, 645, L141), we find consistency with the
predictions of the electric dipole and resonance relaxation theory
(Lazarian & Draine, 2000, ApJ, 536, L15) at this frequency range.