Table 1:
Observational features versus model constraints based on the
NE2001 thermal electron model.
Observational features |
Model constrains |
22.8 GHz free-free emission template and
 |
NE2001 plus filling factor for thermal electrons |
EGS RM profile along the Galactic plane |
ASS+RING, ASS+ARM or BSS regular disk field, local field strength 2 G |
High-latitude RMs asymmetry (to the plane and center) |
Asymmetric toroidal halo field, field strength up to 10 G, CRs up to 1 kpc |
RM latitude profile at
 |
Favour ASS+RING or ASS+ARM model |
Longitude PI asymmetry to the centre at 22.8 GHz |
Favour ASS+RING or ASS+ARM model |
Synchrotron emission longitude profiles: 408 MHz I/22.8 GHz PI |
Disk CR electron component and 3 G random field component |
Isotropic high-latitude emission at 408 MHz |
Local excess of the synchrotron emission |
Strong depolarization at 1.4 GHz |
Large RM fluctuations along the line of sight |
|
by a small
filling factor and a coupling of the
random field with  |