SYNCHROTRON EMISSION FROM THE GALACTIC HI LAYER

• Main Authors: Yonggi Kim, Jun-Young Oh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korean Space Science Society (KSSS) 2007-03-01
• Series: Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
• Subjects: ISM; HI layer; magnetic fields; radio continuum
• Online Access: http://ocean.kisti.re.kr/downfile/volume/kosss/OJOOBS/2007/v24n1/OJOOBS_2007_v24n1_45.pdf

The relationship between the Galactic magnetic field strength and the gas density has been revisited. A synchrotron continuum emission data at 408 MHz and HI column density provide a good data for such study. But it is difficult to separate the synchrotron emission from the observed 408MHz radio emission, because the 408MHz radio emission has the component from the HI layer, as well as many components from other origins. We have tried to substract the component which is probably not related with HI layer, and present the results. We show that the method presented here is a more refined method than that of Brown & Chang (1983, hearafter BC83) to find the above mentioned relationship, and discuss the existence of such relationship in our Galaxy.