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The Cosmic Microwave Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

R. B. Partridge
R. B. Partridge*
Affiliation:
Haverford College Haverford, PA 19041, U.S.A. The Institute of Astronomy Madingley Road, Cambridge, England

Abstract

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This review summarizes recent observational work on the cosmic microwave background, or 3 K radiation. Recent measurements of its spectrum and large-scale angular distribution are described, as well as searches for small angular scale fluctuations on arcsecond to degree scales. A few of the consequences of these measurements and upper limits for cosmology, astrophysics, and theories of galaxy formation are touched on here.

Type
Chapter I: The Microwave Background Radiation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 124: Observational Cosmology , 1987 , pp. 31 - 53
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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