Topology of COBE Microwave Background Fluctuations

Changbom Park (Department of Astronomy; (Department of Astrophysical Sciences; III; J. Richard Gott; Princeton University); Seoul National University); Wesley N. Colley

arxiv: astro-ph/9601084 · v1 · pith:JOJ3NPCWnew · submitted 1996-01-16 · 🌌 astro-ph

Topology of COBE Microwave Background Fluctuations

Wesley N. Colley , J. Richard Gott , III , (Department of Astrophysical Sciences , Princeton University) , Changbom Park (Department of Astronomy , Seoul National University) This is my paper

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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.

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