The Cosmic Microwave Background
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
I review the discovery of the temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation. The underlying theory and the implications for cosmology are reviewed, and I describe the prospects for future progress.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0212305,
title = {The Cosmic Microwave Background},
author = {Joseph Silk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0212305},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Plenary talk at TH-2002, UNESCO, Paris, July 22-26, 2002, to be published in Annales Henri Poincar\'e