Two-point anisotropies in WMAP and the cosmic quadrupole
Two-point anisotropies in WMAP and the cosmic quadrupole
Large-scale modes in the temperature anisotropy power spectrum Cl measured by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) seem to have lower amplitudes (C2, C3 and C4) than that expected in the so-called concordance Λ-cold dark matter (ΛCDM) model. In particular, the quadrupole C2 is reported to have a smaller value …