The QUaD Galactic Plane Survey 1: Maps And Analysis of Diffuse Emission

Understand

We present a survey of ~800 square degrees of the galactic plane observed with the QUaD telescope.

• The primary product of the survey are maps of Stokes I, Q and U parameters at 100 and 150 GHz, with spatial resolution 5 and 3.5 arcminutes respectively.
• Two regions are covered, spanning approximately 245-295 and 315-5 degrees in galactic longitude l, and -4<b<+4 degrees in galactic latitude b.
• At 0.02 degree square pixel size, the median sensitivity is 74 and 107 kJy/sr at 100 GHz and 150 GHz respectively in I, and 98 and 120 kJy/sr for Q and U.