We use absolutely calibrated data from the ARCADE 2 flight in July 2006 to
model Galactic emission at frequencies 3, 8, and 10 GHz. The spatial structure
in the data is consistent with a superposition of free-free and synchrotron
emission. Emission with spatial morphology traced by the Haslam 408 MHz survey
has spectral index beta_synch = -2.5 +/- 0.1, with free-free emission
contributing 0.10 +/- 0.01 of the total Galactic plane emission in the lowest
ARCADE 2 band at 3.15 GHz. We estimate the total Galactic emission toward the
polar caps using either a simple plane-parallel model with csc|b| dependence or
a model of high-latitude radio emission traced by the COBE/FIRAS map of CII
emission. Both methods are consistent with a single power-law over the
frequency range 22 MHz to 10 GHz, with total Galactic emission towards the
north polar cap T_Gal = 0.498 +/- 0.028 K and spectral index beta = -2.55 +/-
0.03 at reference frequency 1 GHz. The well calibrated ARCADE 2 maps provide a
new test for spinning dust emission, based on the integrated intensity of
emission from the Galactic plane instead of cross-correlations with the thermal
dust spatial morphology. The Galactic plane intensity measured by ARCADE 2 is
fainter than predicted by models without spinning dust, and is consistent with
spinning dust contributing 0.4 +/- 0.1 of the Galactic plane emission at 22
GHz.Comment: 10 poges, 9 figures. Submitted to The Astrophysical Journa
