Peaks and Rings on the Cosmic Microwave Background
Open Access
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 492 (1) , L5-L8
- https://doi.org/10.1086/311081
Abstract
We simulate maps of the microwave background radiation for a model of inflationary primordial voids plus standard cold dark matter. For some values of the parameters, we find in the angular power spectrum a well-defined second peak at l~1000, correlated with the size, amplitude, and number of the primordial voids. The next generation of microwave background maps will be able to test the scenario of inflationary first-order phase transitions.Keywords
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