Exploring suppressed long-distance correlations as the cause of suppressed large-angle correlations
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7079, USA, CERCA/ISO, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7079, USA
- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7079, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7079, USA, CERCA/ISO, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7079, USA, Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7079, USA
ABSTRACT The absence of large-angle correlations in the map of cosmic microwave background temperature fluctuations is among the well-established anomalies identified in full-sky and cut-sky maps over the past three decades. Suppressed large-angle correlations are rare statistical flukes in standard inflationary cosmological models. One natural explanation could be that the underlying primordial density perturbations lack correlations on large distance scales. To test this idea, we replace Fourier modes by a wavelet basis with compact spatial support. While the angular correlation function of perturbations can readily be suppressed, the observed monopole- and dipole-subtracted correlation function is not generally suppressed. This suggests that suppression of large-angle temperature correlations requires a mechanism that has both real-space and harmonic-space effects.
- Research Organization:
- Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0009946
- OSTI ID:
- 1607545
- Journal Information:
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Journal Name: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 490; ISSN 0035-8711
- Publisher:
- Oxford University PressCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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