First results from the arcminute cosmology bolometer array receiver
/ Authors
M. Runyan, P. Ade, J. Bock, J. Bond, C. Cantalupo, C. Contaldi, M. Daub, J. Goldstein, P. Gomez, W. Holzapfel
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C. Kuo, A. Lange, M. Lueker, M. Newcomb, J. Peterson, D. Pogosyan, A. Romer, J. Ruhl, E. Torbet, D. W. Caltech, Chicago., Cardiff, Jpl, Cita, Lbl, U. Physics, Cwru, Ucsb, Cmu, Ucb Astro
/ Abstract
Abstract We review the first science results from the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR); a multi-frequency millimeter-wave receiver optimized for observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich (SZ) effect in clusters of galaxies. ACBAR was installed on the 2 m Viper telescope at the South Pole in January 2001 and the results presented here incorporate data through July 2002. We present the power spectrum of the CMB at 150 GHz over the range l=150–3000 measured by ACBAR as well as estimates for the values of the cosmological parameters within the context of ΛCDM models. We find that the inclusion of Ω Λ greatly improves the fit to the power spectrum. We also observe a slight excess of small-scale anisotropy at 150 GHz; if interpreted as power from the SZ effect of unresolved clusters, the measured signal is consistent with CBI and BIMA within the context of the SZ power spectrum models tested.
Journal: New Astronomy Reviews