3 K : The cosmic microwave background radiation | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:A review covering all aspects of the study of the cosmic background radiation remnant of the hot Big Bang origin of the Universe.

Print Book, English, 1995

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [etc.], 1995

Physical Description:xix, 373 p. ; 26 cm.

ISBN:

9780521352543, 0521352541

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1123849709

Contents:

Preface; 1. Cosmology; 2. The early history of CBR studies; 3. Radio astronomy; 4. The spectrum of the CBR; 5. What we learn from observations of the CBR spectrum; 6. Searches for anisotropy in the CBR on large angular scales; 7. Searches for anisotropy in the CBR on small angular scales; 8. What do we learn from the angular distribution of the CBR?; Appendices; Index.