Bibcode
Dickinson, Clive; Battye, Richard A.; Carreira, Pedro; Cleary, Kieran; Davies, Rod D.; Davis, Richard J.; Genova-Santos, Ricardo; Grainge, Keith; Gutiérrez, Carlos M.; Hafez, Yaser A.; Hobson, Michael P.; Jones, Michael E.; Kneissl, Rüdiger; Lancaster, Katy; Lasenby, Anthony; Leahy, J. P.; Maisinger, Klaus; Ödman, Carolina; Pooley, Guy; Rajguru, Nutan; Rebolo, Rafael; Rubiño-Martin, J. A.; Saunders, Richard D. E.; Savage, Richard S.; Scaife, Anna; Scott, Paul F.; Slosar, Anže; Sosa Molina, Pedro; Taylor, Angela C.; Titterington, David; Waldram, Elizabeth; Watson, Robert A.; Wilkinson, Althea
Referencia bibliográfica
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 353, Issue 3, pp. 732-746.
Fecha de publicación:
9
2004
Número de citas
214
Número de citas referidas
184
Descripción
We present deep Ka-band (ν~ 33 GHz) observations of the cosmic
microwave background (CMB) made with the extended Very Small Array
(VSA). This configuration produces a naturally weighted synthesized FWHM
beamwidth of ~11 arcmin, which covers an l range of 300 to 1500. On
these scales, foreground extragalactic sources can be a major source of
contamination to the CMB anisotropy. This problem has been alleviated by
identifying sources at 15 GHz with the Ryle Telescope and then
monitoring these sources at 33 GHz using a single-baseline
interferometer collocated with the VSA. Sources with flux densities
>~20 mJy at 33 GHz are subtracted from the data. In addition, we
calculate a statistical correction for the small residual contribution
from weaker sources that are below the detection limit of the survey.
The CMB power spectrum corrected for Galactic foregrounds and
extragalactic point sources is presented. A total l range of 150-1500 is
achieved by combining the complete extended array data with earlier VSA
data in a compact configuration. Our resolution of Δl~ 60 allows
the first three acoustic peaks to be clearly delineated. This is
achieved by using mosaiced observations in seven regions covering a
total area of 82 deg2. There is good agreement with the
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) data up to l= 700 where WMAP
data run out of resolution. For higher l values out to l= 1500, the
agreement in power spectrum amplitudes with other experiments is also
very good despite differences in frequency and observing technique.