Large-scale anisotropy in the 2.7 K radiation

Details Large-scale anisotropy in the 2.7 K radiation Large-scale anisotropy in the 2.7 K radiation

Sep 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apj...232l.139c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 232, Sept. 15, 1979, p. L139-L143. NSF-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

57

Anisotropy, Astrometry, Balloon Flight, Cosmic Rays, Galactic Radiation, Background Radiation, Cosmology, Error Analysis, Microwave Radiometers, Quadrupoles

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The paper reports the results of two balloon flights, covering half the sky, to measure the large-scale anisotropy of the 2.7 K cosmic radiation. Radiometers at three wavelengths give results which are well fitted by a dipole distribution with amplitude 2.99 plus or minus 0.34 mK and direction R.A. = 12.3h plus or minus 0.4h and decl. = -1 deg plus or minus 6 deg. An upper limit of 2 mK (95% confidence) is found for the amplitudes of nonpolar components of a quadrupole distribution.

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