A cosmic microwave background radiation measurement reproduced: A statistical comparison of MSAM1-94 to MSAM1-92

被引:14
作者
Inman, CA
Cheng, ES
Cottingham, DA
Fixsen, DJ
Kowitt, MS
Meyer, SS
Page, LA
Puchalla, JL
Ruhl, JE
Silverberg, RF
机构
[1] NASA,GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR,ASTRON & SOLAR PHYS LAB,GLOBAL SCI & TECHNOL INC,GREENBELT,MD 20771
[2] NASA,GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR,ASTRON & SOLAR PHYS LAB,APPL RES CORP,GREENBELT,MD 20771
[3] PRINCETON UNIV,DEPT PHYS,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
[4] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,DEPT PHYS,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
关键词
balloons; cosmic microwave background; cosmology; observations;
D O I
10.1086/310537
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The goal of the second flight of the medium-scale anisotropy measurement (MSAM1-94) was to confirm the measurement of cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) anisotropy made in the first flight (MSAM1-92). The CMBR anisotropy and interstellar dust emission signals from the two flights are compared by forming the sum and difference of those portions of the data with the same pointings on the sky. The difference data are consistent with a null detection, while the summed data show significant signal. We conclude that MSAM1-92 and MSAM1-94 measured the same celestial signal.
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