8C10.20 - Cosmic Microwave Background

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Code Number:
8C10.20
Demo Title:
Cosmic Microwave Background
Condition:
Theory
Principle:
Cosmic Microwave Background
Area of Study:
Astronomy
References:
  • Don Lincoln, "What is Cosmic Inflation?", TPT, Vol. 62, #4, April 2024, p. 250.
  • Jatila Van der Veen, Philip Lubin, Paolo Natoli, Michael Seiffert, "Small-Scale Anisotropies: The Final Frontier", TPT, Vol. 36, # 9, Dec. 1998, p. 529. 
  • Martin White, J. D. Cohn, "Resource Letter: TACMB-1: The Theory of Anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background", AJP, Vol. 70, # 2, Feb. 2002, p. 106.
  • Robert Ehrlich, "Cosmic Background Radiation", AJP, Vol. 60, #6, June 1992, p. 565.
  • Toni Feder, "Panel Recommends Road Map for US Particle Physics", Physics Today, Vol. 77, #2, Feb. 2024, p. 18.
  • AG, "Galactic Census Reafirms Standard Model of Cosmology", Physics Today, Vol. 70, September 2017, p.22.
  • Victor S. Alpher, "Correcting the History of the CMB Idea", Physics Today, Feb. 2016, p. 13.
  • Victor S. Alpher, "Predicting the CMB: The Hazards of Being First", Physics Today, Aug. 2015, p. 10.
  • John E. Carlstrom, Thomas M. Crawford, Lloyd Knox, "Particle Physics and the Cosmic Microwave Background", Physics Today, March 2015, p. 28.
  • Mario Livio, Marc Kamionkowski, "Commentary: BICEP2's B Modes: Big Bang or Dust?", Physics Today, P. 8.
  • D. Hanson et al., "Newly Sighted Microwave-Background Polarization Mode", Physics Today, Dec. 2013, p. 18.
  • Daniel J. Eisenstein, Charles L. Bennett, "Cosmic Sound Waves Rule", Physics Today, April 2008, p. 44.
  • Bertram Schwarzschild, "Mather and Smoot Share Nobel Physic Prize for Measuring the Cosmic Microwave Background", Physics Today, Dec. 2006, p. 18.
  • Adrian Webster, "# 5, The Cosmic Background Radiation", Scientific American Cosmology +1, May 1971, p. 34. See the Lecture Demo Reference Library in Rm. 58 for this reference.
  • Rick Beyer, "From Hiss to Bang", The Great Science Stories Never Told, p. 178.

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