THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND-RADIATION AT 3.8 GHZ - RESULTS OF A MEASUREMENT FROM THE SOUTH-POLE SITE

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作者
DEAMICI, G
BERSANELLI, M
KOGUT, A
LEVIN, S
LIMON, M
SMOOT, GF
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
[2] CNR, IFC, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[3] NASA, GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR, ASTRON & SOLAR PHYS LAB, GREENBELT, MD 20771 USA
关键词
COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION; EARTH; ATMOSPHERE;
D O I
10.1086/170656
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
As part of an international collaboration to measure the low-frequency spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, we have measured its temperature at a frequency of 3.8 GHz (7.9 cm wavelength), during the austral spring of 1989, obtaining a brightness temperature, T(CMB), of 2.64 +/- 0.07 K (68% confidence level). The new result is in agreement with our previous measurements at the same frequency obtained in 1986-88 from a very different site and has comparable error bars. Combining measurements from all years we obtain T(CMB) = 2.64 +/- 0.06 K.
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