Nearly Full-Sky Low-Multipole Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature Anisotropy: II. Angular Power Spectra and Likelihood

Abstract

We present a CMB temperature power spectrum measurement at large angular scales from WMAP and Planck maps that were cleaned of foregrounds using a template-based approach described in the first paper of this series. We recover essentially the full-sky CMB information at multipoles $\ell <30$ with only 1% of pixels near the Galactic plane masked and no inpainting. Notable features continue to appear: (a) a low quadrupole power compared to the best-fit Planck 2018 $\hat{I}›$CDM spectrum at $2.2\ddot{I}ƒ$, (b) a dip in the range $20\le \ell \le 27$, and (c) an overall $\ell <30$ power level low of the $\hat{I}›$CDM prediction derived from higher multipole moments. Given the different methodology from previous analyses and the nearly full-sky solution presented here, these features do not plausibly arise from foreground contamination, systematic errors, masking, or mode-mixing. Our overall $\ell <30$ amplitude constraint is consistent with published WMAP (77% sky fraction) and Planck (86%) results at $1.2\ddot{I}ƒ$ and $0.6\ddot{I}ƒ$, respectively, accounting for the improvement in statistical precision. We present a new $\ell <30$ likelihood for use with the Cobaya package. Parameter constraints from joint fits with the higher-multipole Planck data are consistent with the published Planck results, for example we find $H_0=67.35\pm 0.54$ km s${}^{-1}$ Mpc${}^{-1}$ in a joint $\hat{I}›$CDM fit.

Published in The Astrophysical Journal

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