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The Angular Distribution of the Cosmic Background Radiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

R. B. Partridge
R. B. Partridge*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Crucial cosmological information is provided by the observed angular distribution (isotropy) of the cosmic microwave background radiation. This report treats the current status of searches for anisotroples in this radiation on all angular scales from 180° (the dipole component) to 6″. With the exception of the dipole component, only upper limits (at ~ 10-4 in ΔT/T) are available, yet these upper limits have played an important role in refining models of the early Universe and of the origin of structure within it.

Type
Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 7: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XIXth General Assembly of the IAU, 1985 , 1986 , pp. 307 - 319
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986

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