Characterizing the peak in the cosmic microwave background angular power spectrum

被引：59
作者：
Knox, L
Page, L
机构：
[1] Univ Chicago, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[2] Princeton Univ, Dept Phys, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2000年 / 85卷 / 07期
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D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1366
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
A peak has been unambiguously detected in the cosmic microwave background angular spectrum. Here we characterize its properties with fits to phenomenological models. We find that the TOCO and BOOM/NA data determine the peak location to be in the range 175-243 and 151-259, respectively (at 95% confidence) and determine the peak amplitude to be between approximate to 70 and 90 mu K. The peak shape is consistent with inflation-inspired flat, cold dark matter plus cosmological constant models of structure formation with adiabatic, nearly scale invariant initial conditions. It is inconsistent with open models and presents a great challenge to defect models.
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页码：1366 / 1369
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