The cosmic microwave background

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; (USA)

OSTI ID:6550234

Silk, J ^[1]

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1. Texas Univ., Richardson (USA)

Recent observational and theoretical investigations of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) are reviewed. Particular attention is given to spectral distortions and CMBR temperature anisotropies at large, intermediate, and small angular scales. The implications of the observations for inflationary cosmological models with curvature fluctuation are explored, and it is shown that the limits determined for intermediate-scale CMBR anisotropy almost rule out a baryon-dominated cosmology. 58 refs.

• OSTI ID: 6550234
• Report Number(s): CONF-881268--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; (USA) Journal Volume: 571
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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BLACKBODY RADIATION
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
GALACTIC EVOLUTION
INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE
INTERGALACTIC SPACE
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MONOPOLES
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
POSTULATED PARTICLES
RADIATIONS
RELICT RADIATION
SPACE
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