First Results from Viper: Detection of Small-Scale Anisotropy at 40 GHZ

Abstract

Results of a search for small-scale anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) are presented. Observations were made at the South Pole using the Viper telescope, with a .26 degree (FWHM) beam and a passband centered at 40 GHz. Anisotropy band-power measurements in bands centered at l = 108, 173, 237, 263, 422 and 589 are reported. Statistically significant anisotropy is detected in all bands.

arXiv comment5 pages, 4 figures, uses emulateapj.sty, submitted to ApJ Letters

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