Contamination cannot explain the lack of large-scale power in the cosmic microwave background radiation
Contamination cannot explain the lack of large-scale power in the cosmic microwave background radiation
Several anomalies appear to be present in the large-angle cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy maps of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. One of these is a lack of large-scale power. Because the data otherwise match standard models extremely well, it is natural to consider perturbations of the standard model as …