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The Spectrum of the Microwave Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

P. L. Richards  and
D. P. Woody
P. L. Richards
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, and Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
D. P. Woody
Affiliation:
†California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125

Abstract

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The spectrum of the microwave background radiation closely resembles that of a blackbody with a peak at 6 cm−1. Many experimenters have contributed to the determination of this simple but important fact. In this review we describe the experimental difficulties which have plagued background measurements in the high frequency Wien region. An evaluation of the present status of our knowledge of the entire spectrum will be given and prospects for future experiments will be mentioned.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 92: Objects of High Redshift , 1980 , pp. 283 - 291
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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