Bibcode
López-Caraballo, C. H.; Ruiz-Granados, B.; Génova-Santos, R. T.; Fernández-Torreiro, M.; Rubiño-Martín, J. A.; Peel, M. W.; Poidevin, F.; Artal, E.; Ashdown, M.; Barreiro, R. B.; Casas, F. J.; de la Hoz, E.; González-González, R.; Guidi, F.; Herranz, D.; Hoyland, R.; Lasenby, A.; Martínez-González, E.; Piccirillo, L.; Rebolo, R.; Tramonte, D.; Vansyngel, F.; Vielva, P.; Watson, R. A.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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2024
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Description
We use the new QUIJOTE-MFI wide survey (11, 13, 17, and 19 GHz) to produce spectral energy distributions (SEDs), on an angular scale of 1°, of the supernova remnants (SNRs) CTB 80, Cygnus Loop, HB 21, CTA 1, Tycho, and HB 9. We provide new measurements of the polarized synchrotron radiation in the microwave range. The intensity and polarization SEDs are obtained and modelled by combining QUIJOTE-MFI maps with ancillary data. In intensity, we confirm the curved spectra of CTB 80 and HB 21 with a break frequency νb at 2.0$^{+1.2}_{-0.5}$ and 5.0$^{+1.2}_{-1.0}$ GHz, respectively; and spectral indices above the break of $-0.6^{+0.04}_{-0.05}$ and $-0.86^{+0.04}_{-0.05}$. We provide constraints on the Anomalous Microwave Emission, suggesting that it is negligible towards these SNRs. From a simultaneous intensity and polarization fit, we recover synchrotron spectral indices as flat as -0.24, and the whole sample has a mean and scatter of -0.44 ± 0.12. The polarization fractions have a mean and scatter of 6.1 ± 1.9 per cent. When combining our results with the measurements from other QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife CMB experiment) studies of SNRs, we find that radio spectral indices are flatter for mature SNRs, and particularly flatter for CTB 80 ($-0.24^{+0.07}_{-0.06}$) and HB 21 ($-0.34^{+0.04}_{-0.03}$). In addition, the evolution of the spectral indices against the SNRs age is modelled with a power-law function, providing an exponent -0.07 ± 0.03 and amplitude -0.49 ± 0.02 (at 10 kyr), which are conservative with respect to previous studies of our Galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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