Omega from the COBE-DMR anisotropy maps

Details Omega from the COBE-DMR anisotropy maps Omega from the COBE-DMR anisotropy maps

1995-07-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9507015v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.279:1095,1996

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, uuencoded encapsulated postscript file. Figure 2 available upon request

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We have made a likelihood statistical analysis of the angular correlations in the {\it COBE}-DMR two-year sky maps by Monte Carlo simulation of the temperature fluctuations. We assume an open universe and consider as primordial power spectrum the Harrison-Zeldovich one, $P(k)=Ak$. We find that the flatness of the universe is not implied by the data. The quadrupole normalization amplitude, $Q_{rms-PS}$, is related to the density parameter, $\Omega$, by $Q_{rms-PS} = 10.67 + 55.81 \Omega - 128.59 \Omega^2 + 81.26 \Omega^3\ \mu$K. We have determined the p.d.f. of $\Omega$ due to cosmic plus sampling (i.e. $20^\circ$ galactic cut) variance which generically shows a bimodal shape. The uncertainty as given by the r.m.s. is $\approx 0.35$, therefore to better constrain $\Omega$ experiments sensitive to higher multipoles ($l>20$) should be considered.

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