Is the Pre-WMAP CMB Data Self-consistent?

Details Is the Pre-WMAP CMB Data Self-consistent? Is the Pre-WMAP CMB Data Self-consistent?

2003-05-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0306011v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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8 pages, 4 figures, to be published in the proceedings of "The Cosmic Microwave Background and its Polarization", New Astronom

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Although individual observational groups vigorously test their data sets for systematic errors, the pre-WMAP CMB observational data set has not yet been collectively tested. Under the assumption that the concordance model is the correct model, we have explored residuals of the observational data with respect to this model to see if any patterns emerge that can be identified with systematic errors. We found no significant trends associated with frequency, frequency channels, calibration source, pointing uncertainty, instrument type, platform and altitude. We did find some evidence at the ~ 1 to ~ 2 sigma level for trends associated with angular scale (l range) and absolute galactic latitude. The slope of the trend in galactic latitude is consistent with low level galactic contamination. The residuals with respect to l may indicate that the concordance model used here needs slight modification. See Griffiths & Lineweaver (2003) for more detail.

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