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Wesley N. Colley, J- Richard Gott, Changbom Park, Topology of COBE microwave background fluctuations, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 281, Issue 4, August 1996, Pages L82–L84, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/281.4.L82
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Abstract
We have measured the topology (genus) of the fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background that have been seen in the recently completed (4-yr) 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.
methods: statistical, cosmic microwave background, cosmology: observations, large-scale structure of Universe
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E-mail: [email protected] (WNC); [email protected] (JRG); [email protected] (CP)
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Supported by the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, Livermore, CA 94551-5032, USA.
© 1996 RAS
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