Pryke, C., Ade, P.A.R., Bock, J.J., Bowden, M., Brown, M.L., Cahill, G., Castro, P.G., Church, S., Culverhouse, T., Friedman, R., Ganga, K., Gear, W.K., Gupta, S., Hinderks, J., Kovac, J., Lange, A.E., Leitch, E., Melhuish, S.J., Memari, Y., Murphy, J.Anthony, Orlando, A., Schwarz, R., O'Sullivan, Créidhe, Piccirillo, L., Rajguru, N., Rusholme, B., Taylor, A.N., Thompson, K.L., Turner, A.H., Wu, E.Y.S. and Zemcov, M. (2009) Second and Third Season QUaD Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature and Polarization Power Spectra. Astrophysical Journal, 692 (2). pp. 1247-1270. ISSN 0004-637X
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Abstract
We report results from the second and third seasons of observation with the QUaD experiment. Angular
power spectra of the cosmic microwave background are derived for both temperature and polarization at
both 100 GHz and 150 GHz, and as cross-frequency spectra. All spectra are subjected to an extensive
set of jackknife tests to probe for possible systematic contamination. For the implemented data cuts and
processing technique such contamination is undetectable. We analyze the difference map formed between the
100 and 150 GHz bands and find no evidence of foreground contamination in polarization. The spectra are
then combined to form a single set of results which are shown to be consistent with the prevailing LCDM
model. The sensitivity of the polarization results is considerably better than that of any previous experiment—
for the first time multiple acoustic peaks are detected in the E-mode power spectrum at high significance.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | cosmic microwave background – cosmology; observations – polarization; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics |
Item ID: | 2097 |
Depositing User: | Dr. Anthony Murphy |
Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2010 14:33 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Astrophysical Journal |
Publisher: | American Astronomical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Related URLs: | |
URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/2097 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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