Cosmic Microwave Background Mini-Review
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
A compact overview of the status of CMB anisotropy results and their cosmological interpretation up until the end of 2005. Sections headings: Introduction; Description of CMB Anisotropies; Cosmological Parameters; Physics of Anisotropies; Current Anisotropy Data; CMB Polarization; Complications; Constraints on Cosmologies; Particle Physics Constraints; Fundamental Lessons; and Future Directions.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0601307,
title = {Cosmic Microwave Background Mini-Review},
author = {Douglas Scott and George Smoot},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0601307},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, 2005 partial update for the 2006 edition of "The Review of Particle Physics", available on the PDG WWW pages at http://pdg.lbl.gov/