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High Sensitivity Observations of the Microwave Background Radiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

R.D. Davies
Affiliation:
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Macclesfield, Cheshire
A.N. Lasenby
Affiliation:
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge

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Angular fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation are indicators of the seed structure at recombination (z ≅ 1000) which subsequently evolves into the present-day Universe (z = 0). Such measurements provide stringent tests of the cosmological theories of universal evolution and have implications for allowed values of the density and composition of matter in the Universe.

Type
Chapter I: The Microwave Background Radiation
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

References

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