On the Limitations of the Anomalous Microwave Emission Emissivity

Table 1

Sample of AME emissivity values for AME detections in a variety of different environments computed relative to the intensity of the 100 μm emission.

Source	AME emissivity (𝜇K (MJy sr−1)−1)	Reference
HII regions
6 southern HII  regions	3.3±1.7	Dickinson et al. [14]
9 northern HII  regions	3.9±0.8	Todorović et al. [15]
Pleiades	2.01±0.09	Génova-Santos et al. [25]
RCW49	13.6±4.2	Dickinson et al. [14]
RCW175	14.2±2.7	Tibbs et al. [16]
High latitudes
15 regions WMAP	11.2±1.5	Davies et al. [3]
All-sky WMAP	10.9±1.1	Davies et al. [3]
Molecular clouds
Perseus	15.7±0.3	Watson et al. [5]
Perseus A1	2.8±0.7	Tibbs et al. [7]
Perseus A2	16.4±4.1	Tibbs et al. [7]
Perseus A3	12.8±6.1	Tibbs et al. [7]
Perseus B	13.2±3.6	Tibbs et al. [7]
Perseus C	13.0±3.2	Tibbs et al. [7]
Dark clouds
LDN1621	18.1±4.4	Dickinson et al. [12]
LDN1622	21.3±0.6	Casassus et al. [11]