Foregrounds in the BOOMERANG-LDB data: a preliminary rms analysis

We present a preliminary analysis of the BOOMERanG LDB maps, focused on foregrounds. BOOMERanG detects dust emission at moderately low galactic latitudes ($b > -20^o$) in bands centered at 90, 150, 240, 410 GHz. At higher Galactic latitudes, we use the BOOMERanG data to set conservative upper limits on the level of contamination at 90 and 150 GHz. We find that the mean square signal correlated with the IRAS/DIRBE dust template is less than 3% of the mean square signal due to CMB anisotropy.

S. Masi, P.A.R. Ade, J. Bock, A. Boscaleri, B.P. Crill, P. de Bernardis, K. Ganga, M. Giacometti, E. Hivon, V.V. Hristov, A.E. Lange, L. Martinis, P.D. Mauskopf, T. Montroy, C.B. Netterfield, E. Pascale, F. Piacentini, S. Prunet, G. Romeo, J.E. Ruhl, F. Scaramuzzi · 2000