scholarly journals Deep 10 and 15 GHZ Searches for CMB Anisotropies

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 323-325
Author(s):  
R. D. Davies ◽  
A. N. Lasenby
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Galactic Structure ◽  
Observational Cosmology ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Observing Systems

The search for anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is fundamental to observational cosmology: it requires observations on a range of angular scales and at a range of frequencies to distinguish CMB structure from foreground galactic structure. We have made significant progress in setting new limits to CMB anisotropies on angular scales of 3°-12° using scaled observing systems at 10 and 15 GHz. This regime of angular scales is particularly matched to the predictions of Cold Dark Matter (CDM) and isocurvature scenarios of galaxy formation in the early Universe.

scholarly journals Cosmic Microwave Background Fluctuation Searches On 5° to 10° Scales

1990 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 398-399
Author(s):  
R. D. Davies ◽  
R. A. Watson ◽  
R. Rebolo ◽  
J. Beckman ◽  
A. N. Lasenby
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Atmospheric Effects ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Fundamental Information ◽  
Background Fluctuation ◽  
Beam Technique

Deep observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have been made at 10 GHz with beamwidths of 5° and 8° using a triple-beam technique, which greatly reduces atmospheric effects. Significant signals are detected with an rms of ΔT/T ~ 4×10−5. These signals could be intrinsic to the CMB and are providing fundamental information about galaxy formation in the early universe. A component of this 10 GHz emission may be coming from galactic synchrotron features. This galactic contribution will be elucidated in forthcoming 15 and 30 GHz observations.

Limits on cold dark matter cosmologies from new anisotropy bounds on the cosmic microwave background

1991 ◽  
Vol 372 ◽  
pp. L1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Vittorio ◽  
Peter Meinhold ◽  
Philip Lubin ◽  
Pio Francesco Muciaccia ◽  
Joseph Silk
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Microwave Background

scholarly journals CMB anisotropy science: a review

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S288) ◽  
pp. 42-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Challinor
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cosmological Model ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Fundamental Physics ◽  
Standard Cosmological Model

AbstractThe cosmic microwave background (CMB) provides us with our most direct observational window to the early universe. Observations of the temperature and polarization anisotropies in the CMB have played a critical role in defining the now-standard cosmological model. In this contribution we review some of the basics of CMB science, highlighting the role of observations made with ground-based and balloon-borne Antarctic telescopes. Most of the ingredients of the standard cosmological model are poorly understood in terms of fundamental physics. We discuss how current and future CMB observations can address some of these issues, focusing on two directly relevant for Antarctic programmes: searching for gravitational waves from inflation via B-mode polarization, and mapping dark matter through CMB lensing.

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