The radio continuum emission from the Galaxy

Abstract

Study of the radio continuum emission from the Galaxy is of interest both from the viewpoint of the physics of the radiating processes and the light which these shed on physical conditions within the Galaxy, and also because the large-scale organization of the emitting regions gives information about the structure of the Galaxy as a whole. We are concerned here particularly with the latter aspect, that is, the question of galactic structure, and for this we need to know the distribution of the emitting regions throughout the Galactic System.