First results from the Very Small Array - III. The cosmic microwave background power spectrum

Scott, Paul F.; Carreira, Pedro; Cleary, Kieran; Davies, Rod D.; Davis, Richard J.; Dickinson, Clive; Grainge, Keith; Gutiérrez, Carlos M.; Hobson, Michael P.; Jones, Michael E.; Kneissl, Rüdiger; Lasenby, Anthony; Maisinger, Klaus; Pooley, Guy G.; Rebolo, Rafael; Rubiño-Martin, J. A.; Sosa Molina, Pedro J.; Rusholme, Ben; Saunders, Richard D. E.; Savage, Richard; Slosar, Anže; Taylor, Angela C.; Titterington, David; Waldram, Elizabeth; Watson, Robert A.; Wilkinson, Althea
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Monthly Notice of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 341, Issue 4, pp. 1076-1083.

Fecha de publicación:
6
2003
Número de autores
26
Número de autores del IAC
4
Número de citas
139
Número de citas referidas
118
Descripción
We present the power spectrum of the fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background detected by the Very Small Array (VSA) in its first season of observations in its compact configuration. We find clear detections of first and second acoustic peaks at l~ 200 and ~550, plus detection of power on scales up to l= 800. The VSA power spectrum is in very good agreement with the results of the BOOMERanG, DASI and MAXIMA telescopes despite the differing potential systematic errors.