On the RMS Anisotropy at 7 degrees and 10 degrees Observed in the COBE-DMR Two Year Sky Maps

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dc.creatorBanday, A. J.
dc.creatorGorski, K. M.
dc.creatorTenorio, L.
dc.creatorWright, E. L.
dc.creatorSmoot, G. F.
dc.creatorLineweaver, C. H.
dc.creatorKogut, A.
dc.creatorHinshaw, G.
dc.creatorBennett, C. L.
dc.date1994-08-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T12:37:13Z
dc.descriptionThe frequency-independent RMS temperature fluctuations determined from the COBE-DMR two year sky maps are used to infer the parameter Q_{rms-PS}, which characterizes the normalization of power law models of primordial cosmological temperature anisotropy. In particular, a 'cross'-RMS statistic is used to determine Q_{rms-PS} for a forced fit to a scale-invariant Harrison-Zel'dovich (n = 1) spectral model. Using a joint analysis of the 7 degree and 10 degree RMS temperature derived from both the 53 and 90 GHz sky maps, we find Q_{rms-PS} = 17.0^{+2.5}_{-2.1} uK when the low quadrupole is included, and Q_{rms-PS} = 19.4^{+2.3}_{-2.1} uK excluding the quadrupole. These results are consistent with the n = 1 fits from more sensitive methods (e.g. power spectrum, correlation function). The effect of the low quadrupole derived from the COBE-DMR data on the inferred Q_{rms-PS} normalization is investigated. A bias to lower Q_{rms-PS} is found when the quadrupole is included. The higher normalization for a forced n = 1 fit is then favored by the cross-RMS technique. As initially pointed out in Wright et al. (1994a) and further discussed here, analytic formulae for the RMS sky temperature fluctuations will NOT provide the correct normalization amplitude.
dc.description15 pages including 3 tables and 3 figures, uuencoded Postscript; Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal; COBE Preprint 94-16
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9408097
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9408097
dc.identifierAmer.Astron.Soc.Meeting 185 (1994) 5701
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/10861
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleOn the RMS Anisotropy at 7 degrees and 10 degrees Observed in the COBE-DMR Two Year Sky Maps
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