Topology of COBE Microwave Background Fluctuations

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16 January 1996

preprint
Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9601084

Abstract

We have measured the topology (genus) of the fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background seen in the recently completed (four-year) data set produced by the COBE satellite. We find that the genus is consistent with that expected from a random-phase Gaussian distribution, as might be produced naturally in inflationary models.

Keywords

BACKGROUND FLUCTUATIONS
MICROWAVE BACKGROUND
INFLATIONARY MODELS
PHASE GAUSSIAN
COBE SATELLITE
COBE MICROWAVE
SET PRODUCED
TOPOLOGY

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Version 1, 1996-01-16, ArXiv
Published version: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 281 (4), L82.

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