Submitted by JarasM t3_100snke in askscience
amaurea t1_j2m8d9y wrote
Reply to comment by Aseyhe in Is any "movement" visible in the fluctuations of the CMB over time, or does it appear static? by JarasM
(Actually, come to think of it, shouldn't the formula be sqrt(4pi)/(lmax+1)? Alms from 0 to lmax have (lmax+1)² degrees of freedom (sum_0^lmax (2l+1)). This is enough information to split the full sky into (lmax+1)² pixels, which would then have a side length of sqrt(4pi)/(lmax+1). This works out to 1.13*pi/l, so very close to your formula and far from the 2pi/l I had been using.)
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