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Submillimeter Spectrum of the Cosmic Background Radiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Toshio Matsumoto
Toshio Matsumoto*
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Department of Astrophysics, Nagoya UniversityChikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan 464-01

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Recent observations of the spectrum of the 3K cosmic background radiation (CBR) indicate that the CBR spectrum is consistent with a blackbody spectrum of T = 2.74 ±0.02K (Smoot et al. 1987). These measurements, however, were carried out in the Rayleigh-Jeans part of the spectrum, while theories predict spectral distortion in the Wien part. Therefore, we tried to observe the submillimeter spectrum of the CBR with a liq.He cooled radiometer onboard a sounding rocket. The experiment was a collaboration between Nagoya University and University of California, Berkeley.

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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 8: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXth General Assembly of the IAU, 1988 , 1989 , pp. 689 - 691
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Copyright © Kluwer 1989

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