Cosmic microwave background

Mauskopf, Philip Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6397-5516 1999. Cosmic microwave background. Presented at: Millimeter-Wave Astronomy: Molecular Chemistry & Physics in Space, Puebla, Mexico, 15–31 July 1996. Published in: Wall, W. F., Carramiñana, A., Carrasco, L. and Goldsmith, P. F. eds. Millimeter-Wave Astronomy: Molecular Chemistry & Physics in Space: Proceedings of the 1996 INAOE Summer School of Millimeter-Wave Astronomy held at INAOE, Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico, 15–31 July 1996. Millimeter-Wave Astronomy: Molecular Chemistry & Physics in Space. Astrophysics and Space Science Library , vol.241 (241) The Netherlands: Springer, pp. 297-317. 10.1007/978-94-011-4714-9_18

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Abstract

This chapter describes the origin and characteristics of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, the source of most of the millimeter wave photons in the universe. The measurements from the COBE satellite of the temperature and morphology of the CMB on large angular scales are summarized. The theoretical origin of anisotropies in the CMB and the predicted power spectrum of fluctuations is presented. These power spectra are shown to have a strong dependence on the cosmological parameters Ω0, Ωb, H0, ΩΛ, n. Current millimeter-wave experiments are approaching the sensitivity levels necessary to accurately determine some of these parameters.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Publisher:	Springer
ISBN:	9789401059831
ISSN:	0067-0057
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Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 10:19
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/69671

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