Preprint typeset using L ATEX style emulateapj v. 04/03/99 ANISOTROPY IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND AT DEGREE ANGULAR SCALES: PYTHON V RESULTS
Observations of the microwave sky using the Python telescope in its fifth season of operation at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica are presented. The system consists of a 0.75 m offaxis telescope instrumented with a HEMT amplifier-based radiometer having continuum sensitivity from...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.316.7882 2023-05-15T13:24:26+02:00 Preprint typeset using L ATEX style emulateapj v. 04/03/99 ANISOTROPY IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND AT DEGREE ANGULAR SCALES: PYTHON V RESULTS K. Coble M. Dragovan J. Kovac N. W. Halverson W. L. Holzapfel L. Knox S. Dodelson K. Ganga D. Alvarez J. B. Peterson G. Griffin M. Newcomb K. Miller S. R. Platt G. Novak The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2008 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.316.7882 http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/9902195v1.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.316.7882 http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/9902195v1.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/9902195v1.pdf text 2008 ftciteseerx 2016-09-04T00:08:34Z Observations of the microwave sky using the Python telescope in its fifth season of operation at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica are presented. The system consists of a 0.75 m offaxis telescope instrumented with a HEMT amplifier-based radiometer having continuum sensitivity from 37-45 GHz in two frequency bands. With a 0.91 ◦ × 1.02 ◦ beam the instrument fully sampled 598 deg 2 of sky, including fields measured during the previous four seasons of Python observations. Interpreting the observed fluctuations as anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background, we place constraints on the angular power spectrum of fluctuations in eight multipole bands up to l ∼ 260. The observed spectrum is consistent with both the COBE experiment and previous Python results. There is no significant contamination from known foregrounds. The results show a discernible rise in the angular power spectrum from large (l ∼ 40) to small (l ∼ 200) angular scales. The shape of the observed power Text Amundsen-Scott Antarc* Antarctica South pole South pole Unknown Amundsen Scott South Pole Station ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) Amundsen-Scott ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station ENVELOPE(139.273,139.273,-89.998,-89.998) South Pole |
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Observations of the microwave sky using the Python telescope in its fifth season of operation at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica are presented. The system consists of a 0.75 m offaxis telescope instrumented with a HEMT amplifier-based radiometer having continuum sensitivity from 37-45 GHz in two frequency bands. With a 0.91 ◦ × 1.02 ◦ beam the instrument fully sampled 598 deg 2 of sky, including fields measured during the previous four seasons of Python observations. Interpreting the observed fluctuations as anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background, we place constraints on the angular power spectrum of fluctuations in eight multipole bands up to l ∼ 260. The observed spectrum is consistent with both the COBE experiment and previous Python results. There is no significant contamination from known foregrounds. The results show a discernible rise in the angular power spectrum from large (l ∼ 40) to small (l ∼ 200) angular scales. The shape of the observed power |
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K. Coble M. Dragovan J. Kovac N. W. Halverson W. L. Holzapfel L. Knox S. Dodelson K. Ganga D. Alvarez J. B. Peterson G. Griffin M. Newcomb K. Miller S. R. Platt G. Novak |
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K. Coble M. Dragovan J. Kovac N. W. Halverson W. L. Holzapfel L. Knox S. Dodelson K. Ganga D. Alvarez J. B. Peterson G. Griffin M. Newcomb K. Miller S. R. Platt G. Novak Preprint typeset using L ATEX style emulateapj v. 04/03/99 ANISOTROPY IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND AT DEGREE ANGULAR SCALES: PYTHON V RESULTS |
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Preprint typeset using L ATEX style emulateapj v. 04/03/99 ANISOTROPY IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND AT DEGREE ANGULAR SCALES: PYTHON V RESULTS |
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Preprint typeset using L ATEX style emulateapj v. 04/03/99 ANISOTROPY IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND AT DEGREE ANGULAR SCALES: PYTHON V RESULTS |
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Preprint typeset using L ATEX style emulateapj v. 04/03/99 ANISOTROPY IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND AT DEGREE ANGULAR SCALES: PYTHON V RESULTS |
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Preprint typeset using L ATEX style emulateapj v. 04/03/99 ANISOTROPY IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND AT DEGREE ANGULAR SCALES: PYTHON V RESULTS |
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preprint typeset using l atex style emulateapj v. 04/03/99 anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background at degree angular scales: python v results |
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