Topology of COBE Microwave Background Fluctuations
Astrophysics
2016-06-08 v1
Abstract
We have measured the topology (genus) of the fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background seen in the recently completed (four-year) data set produced by the COBE satellite. We find that the genus is consistent with that expected from a random-phase Gaussian distribution, as might be produced naturally in inflationary models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9601084,
title = {Topology of COBE Microwave Background Fluctuations},
author = {Wesley N. Colley and J. Richard Gott and III and Changbom Park},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9601084},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
2 pages, one Post-Script figure, MNRAS LaTeX Style (mn.sty), submitted to MNRAS