A map of the cosmic background radiaton at 3 millimeters

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Background Radiation, Cosmic Rays, Relic Radiation, Anisotropy, Balloon-Borne Instruments, Millimeter Waves, Synchrotron Radiation, Thermal Emission

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Data from a series of balloon flights covering both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, measuring the large angular scale anisotropy in the cosmic background radiation at 3.3 mm wavelength are presented. The data cover 85 percent of the sky to a limiting sensitivity of 0.7 mK per 7-deg field of view. The data show a 50-sigma (statistical error only) dipole anisotropy with an amplitude of 3.44 +/- 0.17 mK and a direction of alpha= 11.2 h +/- 0.1 h, and delta = -6.0 deg +/- 1.5 deg. A 90 percent confidence level upper limit of 0.00007 is obtained for the rms quadrupole amplitude. Flights separated by six months show the motion of Earth around the Sun. Galactic contamination is very small, with less than 0.1 mK contribution to the dipole quadrupole terms. A map of the sky has been generated from the data.

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