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The Anisotropy of the Microwave Background: Space Experiment Relict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

I.A. Strukov ,
D.P. Skulachev ,
A.A. Klypin  and
M.V. Sazhin
I.A. Strukov
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Academy of Sciences, Moscow
D.P. Skulachev
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Academy of Sciences, Moscow
A.A. Klypin
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Academy of Sciences, Moscow
M.V. Sazhin
Affiliation:
Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow

Abstract

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We carried out the first satellite experiment for searching the anisotropies of the microwave background. The main goal of the experiment was to obtain a radio brightness map of the sky at 8 mm. We obtained the direction and amplitude of the dipole component at 90% confidence level The variance analysis gives the most stringent constraints on fluctuations of the relic background. For the model with the Zeldovich spectrum of primordial fluctuations we found an upper limit on the quadrupole as 1.6×10−5 at 95% level. We are first to obtain model-independent estimates of the first 15 multipole components. We obtained upper limits on correlation function of angular fluctuations 〈ΔT1ΔT2〉 = 0.005 mK2 for the angular range from 20° to 160°. Intense galactic emission was observed over longitude interval from 90° to 270° and latitudes ±5°. The total flux from this longitude interval is approximately 56,000 Jy. The experiment studies confirmed that a space experiment gives a possibility to reach sensitivities high enough to estimate an anisotropy that is less than the values predicted by modern cosmological models.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 130: Large Scale Structures of the Universe , 1988 , pp. 27 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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