Small Scale Fluctuations of the Microwave Background in the Quasi-Steady State Cosmology

In this paper we show that, within the framework of the QSSC, the small scale deviations on angular scales ∼ < 1 expected in the MBR are due to inhomogeneities in the distribution of galaxies and clusters. It is shown how these can be estimated on the galaxy-cluster-supercluster scale at the epoch of redshift ∼ 5 when the universe was last passing through the minimum phase of the scale factor. Rich clusters on the scale of 5-10 Mpc generate the kind of peak in the fluctuation power spectru m observed by the Boomrang and Maxima projects. Weaker inhomogeneities on smaller scales with l ∼ 10 are expected to arise from individual galaxies and small groups. Subject headings: microwave background inhomogeneities, cosmology