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Measurement of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Increment in Massive Galaxy Clusters
Michael Zemcov, Mark Halpern, Colin Borys +4
We have detected the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) increment at 850 microns in two galaxy clusters (Cl 0016+16 and MS 1054.4-0321) using SCUBA (Sub-millimetre Common User Bolometer Array…
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Dark Energy Induced Correlation with Radio Sources
M. R. Nolta, E. L. Wright, L. Page +10
The first-year WMAP data, in combination with any one of a number of other cosmic probes, show that we live in a flat Λ-dominated CDM universe with Ω_m ~ 0.27 and Ω_Λ~ 0.73. In thi…
Design, Implementation and Testing of the MAP Radiometers
N. Jarosik, C. L. Bennett, M. Halpern +12
The Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) satellite, launched June 30, 2001, will produce full sky maps of the cosmic microwave background radiation in 5 frequency bands spanning 20 - 1…
Estimates of Confusion and Gravitational Lensing Limits in Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Increment Measurements
Michael Zemcov, Peter Newbury, Mark Halpern
We present estimates of the confusion limit of measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZ) increment near its peak intensity based on Monte Carlo simulations of sub-millimet…
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: On-Orbit Radiometer Characterization
N. Jarosik, C. Barnes, C. L. Bennett +11
The WMAP satellite has completed one year of measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation using 20 differential high-electron-mobility-transistor (HEMT) based ra…
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Angular Power Spectrum
G. Hinshaw, D. N. Spergel, L. Verde +14
We present the angular power spectrum derived from the first-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) sky maps. We study a variety of power spectrum estimation methods and…
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Galactic Signal Contamination from Sidelobe Pickup
C. Barnes, R. S. Hill, G. Hinshaw +10
Since the Galactic center is ~1000 times brighter than fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), CMB experiments must carefully account for stray Galactic pickup. We p…
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Implications for Inflation
H. V. Peiris, E. Komatsu, L. Verde +12
We confront predictions of inflationary scenarios with the WMAP data, in combination with complementary small-scale CMB measurements and large-scale structure data. The WMAP detect…
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Tests of Gaussianity
E. Komatsu, A. Kogut, M. Nolta +12
We present limits to the amplitude of non-Gaussian primordial fluctuations in the WMAP 1-year cosmic microwave background sky maps. A non-linear coupling parameter, f_NL, character…
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Parameter Estimation Methodology
L. Verde, H. V. Peiris, D. N. Spergel +12
We describe our methodology for comparing the WMAP measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and other complementary data sets to theoretical models. The unprecedented…
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Beam Profiles and Window Functions
L. Page, C. Barnes, G. Hinshaw +11
Knowledge of the beam profiles is of critical importance for interpreting data from cosmic microwave background experiments. In this paper, we present the characterization of the i…
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters
D. N. Spergel, L. Verde, H. V. Peiris +14
WMAP precision data enables accurate testing of cosmological models. We find that the emerging standard model of cosmology, a flat Lambda-dominated universe seeded by nearly scale-…
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Preliminary Maps and Basic Results
C. L. Bennett, M. Halpern, G. Hinshaw +18
We present full sky microwave maps in five bands (23 to 94 GHz) from the WMAP first year sky survey. Calibration errors are <0.5% and the low systematic error level is well specifi…
The MAP Satellite Feed Horns
C. Barnes, M. Limon, L. Page +12
We present the design, manufacturing methods, and characterization of 20 microwave feed horns currently in use on the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) satellite. The nature of the…
The Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) Mission
C. L. Bennett, M. Bay, M. Halpern +12
The purpose of the MAP mission is to determine the geometry, content, and evolution of the universe via a 13 arcmin full-width-half-max (FWHM) resolution full sky map of the temper…
Sub-mm and near-IR observations of galaxies selected at 170 microns
A. Sajina, C. Borys, S. Chapman +5
We present results from JCMT sub-mm observations of sources selected from the {\sl ISO} FIRBACK (Far-IR BACKground) survey, along with UKIRT near-IR imaging of a sub-sample. This g…