New cosmological structures on medium angular scales detected with the Tenerife experiments

被引:22
作者
Gutierrez, CM
Hancock, S
Davies, RD
Rebolo, R
Watson, RA
Hoyland, RJ
Lasenby, AN
Jones, AW
机构
[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,CAVENDISH LAB,MULLARD RADIO ASTRON OBSERV,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV MANCHESTER,NUFFIELD RADIO ASTRON LABS,JODRELL BANK,MACCLESFIELD SK11 9DL,CHESHIRE,ENGLAND
关键词
cosmic microwave background; large-scale structure of universe;
D O I
10.1086/310634
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present observations at 10 and 15 GHz taken with the Tenerife experiments in a band of the sky at declination +35 degrees. These experiments are sensitive to multipoles in the range l = 10-30. The sensitivities per beam are 56 and 20 mu K for the 10 and 15 GHz data, respectively. After subtraction of the prediction of known radio sources, the analysis of the data at 15 GHz at high Galactic latitude shows the presence of a signal with amplitude Delta T-rms similar to 32 mu K. In the case of a Harrison-Zeldovich spectrum for the primordial fluctuations, a likelihood analysis shows that this signal corresponds to a quadrupole amplitude Q(rms-PS) = 20.1(-5.4)(+7.1) mu K, in agreement with our previous results at declination +40 degrees and with the results of the COBE DMR. There is clear evidence for the presence of individual features in the right ascension range 190 degrees-250 degrees with a peak-to-peak amplitude of similar to 110 mu K. A preliminary comparison between our results and COBE DMR predictions for the Tenerife experiments clearly indicates the presence of individual features common to both. The constancy in amplitude over such a large range in frequency (10-90 GHz) is strongly indicative of an intrinsic cosmological origin for these structures.
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