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Large-scale microwave-background anisotropy in unstable-particle cosmologies

Journal Article · · Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6166905
The large-scale temperature anisotropy DeltaT/T that would be induced in the cosmic background radiation by initially flat-spectrum adiabatic perturbations in a flat Friedmann universe containing massive but unstable particles will have a multipole structure quite different from what is predicted by the cold-particle and standard neutrino models. Experimental upper limits on DeltaT/T for 6-180 deg angular scales constrain the era of neutrino (or gravitino) decay to redshifts less than 3-4. 28 references.
Research Organization:
Institut Astrofiziki i Fiziki Atmosfery, Toravere, Estonian SSR; Institut Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, Moscow, USSR
OSTI ID:
6166905
Journal Information:
Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 12; ISSN SALED
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English