A measurement of the large-scale cosmic microwave background anisotropy at 1. 8 millimeter wavelength
A measurement of the large-scale cosmic microwave background anisotropy at 1. 8 millimeter wavelength
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1. 8毫米波长大尺度宇宙微波背景各向异性的测量
DOI:
10.1086/185989
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发表时间:
1991
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L. Page
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作者:
S. S. Meyer;E. Cheng;L. Page
This measurement of the large-scale cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) anisotropy places the most stringent constraints to date on fluctuations in the CMBR on angular scales greater than about 4 deg. Using a four-channel bolometric radiometer operating at 1.8, 1.1, 0.63, and 0.44 mm, the diffuse sky brightness over half of the northern hemisphere has been mapped with an angular resolution of 3.8 deg. Analysis of the sky map at the longest wavelength for Galactic latitudes of 15 deg or more yields a 95-percent confidence level upper limit on fluctuations of the CMBR at Delta T/T of 1.6 x 10 to the -5th with a statistical power of 92 percent for Gaussian fluctuations at a correlation angle of 13 deg. Between 3 deg and 22 deg, the upper limit of fluctuations is 4.0 x 10 to the -5th . An anisotropy is detected in the map, but it cannot yet be attributed to primordial sources. The ultimate sensitivity for this experiment is 7 x 10 to the -6th over this angular range for Gaussian fluctuations. 13 refs.