On the origin of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies

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dc.creatorFollop, Ria
dc.creatorRassat, Anais
dc.creatorCooray, Asantha
dc.creatorAbdalla, Filipe B.
dc.date2007-03-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:54:37Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:54:37Z
dc.descriptionSuggestions have been made that the microwave background observed by COBE and WMAP and dubbed Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) may have an origin within our own Galaxy or Earth. To consider the signal that may be correlated with Earth, a correlate-by-eye exercise was attempted by overlaying the CMB map from Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe on a topographical map of Earth. Remarkably, several hot spots in the CMB map are found to be well aligned with either large cities on Earth or regions of high altitude. To further study the correlations between Earth and CMB, we performed a complicated cross-correlation analysis in the multipole space. The overall correlations are detected at more than 5 sigma confidence level. These results can be naively interpreted to suggest that large angular scale fluctuations in CMB are generated on Earth by a process that traces the altitude relative to a mean radius. Simply extending our analysis, we suggest that cross-correlations between CMB and any other map of a Solar system body, image of a person, or an image of an animal will be detected at some statistical significance. It is unclear how Occam's razor can be applied in such a situation to identify which sources are responsible for CMB fluctuations.
dc.description4 pages, 2 figures; submitted as a preprint only
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703806
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703806
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/126677
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleOn the origin of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies
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