DIPOLE ANISOTROPY IN THE COBE DIFFERENTIAL MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS 1ST-YEAR SKY MAPS

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作者
KOGUT, A
LINEWEAVER, C
SMOOT, GF
BENNETT, CL
BANDAY, A
BOGGESS, NW
CHENG, ES
DEAMICI, G
FIXSEN, DJ
HINSHAW, G
JACKSON, PD
JANSSEN, M
KEEGSTRA, P
LOEWENSTEIN, K
LUBIN, P
MATHER, JC
TENORIO, L
WEISS, R
WILKINSON, DT
WRIGHT, EL
机构
[1] NASA, GSFC, APPL RES CORP, GREENBELT, MD 20771 USA
[2] NASA, GSFC, HUGHES STX CORP, GREENBELT, MD 20771 USA
[3] UCSB, DEPT PHYS, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106 USA
[4] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, DEPT ASTRON, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
[5] PRINCETON UNIV, DEPT PHYS, PRINCETON, NJ 08544 USA
[6] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB, SPACE SCI LAB, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
[7] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, CTR PARTICLE ASTROPHYS, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
[8] JET PROP LAB, PASADENA, CA 91109 USA
[9] MIT, DEPT PHYS, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
关键词
COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND; COSMOLOGY; OBSERVATIONS;
D O I
10.1086/173453
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present a determination of the cosmic microwave background dipole amplitude and direction from the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers (DMR) first year of data. Data from the six DMR channels are consistent with a Doppler-shifted Planck function of dipole amplitude DELTAT = 3.365 +/- 0.027 mK toward direction (l(II), b(II)) = (264.4-degrees +/- 0.3-degrees, 48.4-degrees +/- 0.5-degrees). The implied velocity of the Local Group with respect to the CMB rest frame is v(LG) = 627 +/- 22 km s-1 toward (l(II), b(II)) = (276-degrees +/- 3-degrees, 30-degrees +/- 3-degrees). DMR has also mapped the dipole anisotropy resulting from the Earth's orbital motion about the Solar system barycenter, yielding a measurement of the monopole CMB temperature T0 at 31.5, 53, and 90 GHz, T0 = 2.75 +/- 0.05 K.
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