The MAXIMA experiment: Latest results and consistency tests

R. Stompor; S. Hanany; M. E. Abroe; J. Borrill; P. G. Ferreira; A. H. Jaffe; B. Johnson; A. T. Lee; B. Rabii; P. L. Richards; G. Smoot; C. Winant; J. H.P. Wu

doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2003.09.003

The MAXIMA experiment: Latest results and consistency tests

R. Stompor, S. Hanany, M. E. Abroe, J. Borrill, P. G. Ferreira, A. H. Jaffe, B. Johnson, A. T. Lee, B. Rabii, P. L. Richards, G. Smoot, C. Winant, J. H.P. Wu

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Abstract

The MAXIMA cosmic microwave background anisotropy experiment had a significant impact on cosmology. Results from the program have played a significant role in determining the geometry of the universe, given strong supporting evidence to inflation, and, in combination with other astrophysical data, showed that the universe is filled with dark matter and energy. We present a subset of the internal consistency checks that were carried out on the MAXIMA-1 data prior to their release, which demonstrate that systematics errors were much smaller than statistical errors. We also discuss the MAXIMA-2 flight and data, compare the maps of MAXIMA-1 and -2 in areas where they overlap and show that the two independent experiments confirm each other. All of these results demonstrate that MAXIMA mapped the cosmic microwave background anisotropy with high accuracy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	841-852
Number of pages	12
Journal	Comptes Rendus Physique
Volume	4
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crhy.2003.09.003
State	Published - Oct 2003

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Funding Information:
We greatfully acknowledge support from NASA’s National Scientific Balloon Facility and NASA and NSF grants that have supported the MAXIMA program over the years. Computing resources for data analysis have been provided by the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute at the University of Minnesota and by the National Energy Research Computing Center, which is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC03-76SF00098. MA and RS acknowledge support from NASA’s grant S-92548-F. SH acknowledges a Land-McKnight Professorship at the University of Minnesota.

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Cosmic microwave background anisotropy
Cosmology
Early universe
MAXIMA

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