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Gutierrez, C. M.; Hancock, S.; Davies, R. D.; Rebolo, R.; Watson, R. A.; Hoyland, R. J.; Lasenby, A. N.; Jones, A. W.
Bibliographical reference
Astrophysical Journal Letters v.480, p.L83
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5
1997
Citations
33
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27
Description
We present observations at 10 and 15 GHz taken with the Tenerife
experiments in a band of the sky at declination +35 deg. These
experiments are sensitive to multipoles in the range l = 10--30. The
sensitivities per beam are 56 and 20 mu K for the 10 and 15 GHz data,
respectively. After subtraction of the prediction of known radio
sources, the analysis of the data at 15 GHz at high Galactic latitude
shows the presence of a signal with amplitude Delta Trms ~ 32 mu K. In
the case of a Harrison-Zeldovich spectrum for the primordial
fluctuations, a likelihood analysis shows that this signal corresponds
to a quadrupole amplitude Qrms-PS = 20.1 ^{+7.1}_{-5.4} mu K, in
agreement with our previous results at declination +40 deg and with the
results of the COBE DMR. There is clear evidence for the presence of
individual features in the right ascension range 190 deg--250 deg with a
peak-to-peak amplitude of ~110 mu K. A preliminary comparison between
our results and COBE DMR predictions for the Tenerife experiments
clearly indicates the presence of individual features common to both.
The constancy in amplitude over such a large range in frequency (10--90
GHz) is strongly indicative of an intrinsic cosmological origin for
these structures.