Satellite design parameters for detecting coherence in the microwave sky

dc.creatorAlbrecht, Andreas
dc.creatorWandelt, Benjamin D.
dc.date1996-02-08
dc.date1996-02-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:58:24Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:58:24Z
dc.descriptionRecently it has been realized that observations of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) can reveal very interesting information about the degree of coherence exhibited by the perturbations at early times. This fact should allow sufficiently detailed observations to clearly differentiate among several competing models of structure formation. We study the mission parameters required for a satellite to address the issue of coherence. Our results emphasize the importance of a small beamwidth, and support the cases for the PSI, FIRE and COBRAS/SAMBA satellite proposals (in increasing order of resolving power). Design parameters for a fourth proposal, MAP, have not been made available.
dc.descriptionuuencoded gzipped tarred Latex and PostScript files, 9 pages, 5 figures. Minor improvements have been made to the style. Latex and postscript versions also available at http://euclid.tp.ph/Papers/index.html
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9602040
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9602040
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/147311
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleSatellite design parameters for detecting coherence in the microwave sky
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