Type: Article
Publication Date: 2008-11-20
Citations: 250
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810514
Context. The WMAP satellite has made available high quality maps of the sky in five frequency bands ranging from 22 to 94 GHz, with the main scientific objective of studying the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). These maps, however, contain a mixture of emission from various astrophysical origin, superimposed on CMB emission.