Coherence and Sakharov Oscillations in the Microwave Sky

Abstract

I discuss the origin of the ``Sakharov oscillations'' (or ``secondary Doppler peaks'') in standard angular power spectra of the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies calculated for inflationary models. I contrast this with the production of CMB anisotropies in `active' models and argue that the presence or absence of Sakharov oscillations will reveal fundamental properties of the primordial perturbations.

arXiv comment13 pages including 4 figures. To appear in proceedings of the XXXIst Rencontre de Moriond, `Microwave Background Anisotropies'

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