Review of Cosmic Background Radiation Spectrum Measurements:Limits on Distortions, Energy Release, and Cosmological Processes
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This paper reviews the three major cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) spectrum measurement programs conducted and published since the last (XVII) IAU General Assembly. The results are consistent with a Planckian spectrum with temperature 2.72 {+-} 0.03 K spanning a wavelength range of 0.1 to 12 cm. Limits on possible distortions and implications are outlined. Ongoing and future measurements are discussed.
| Creator/Author: | Smoot, G.F. |
|---|---|
| Publication Date: | 1986 Jan 01 |
| OSTI Identifier: | OSTI ID: 893040 |
| Report Number(s): | LBL--20942 |
| DOE Contract Number: | DE-AC02-05CH11231 |
| Other Number(s): | TRN: US200625%%71 |
| Resource Type: | Conference |
| Resource Relation: | Conference: International Astronomical Union GeneralAssembly, New Delhi, India, 11/21/1985 |
| Research Org: | Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US) |
| Sponsoring Org: | USDOE Director, Office of Science |
| Subject: | 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; RADIATIONS; RELICT RADIATION; WAVELENGTHS; COSMIC RADIATION |
| Publisher: | D. Reidel Publishing Company, Hingham,MA |
| Country of Publication: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Update Date: | 2008 Feb 05 |
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