Astronomy 350
Lecture 32, Nov 9
Fall 2011
Lecture Notes:
pdf file
The Cosmic Microwave Background: Discovery and Average Properties
discovery
;
Nobel-prize
winning
1.5-page paper
temperature
spectrum
: purely thermal within
current limits
The Atomic Age
microphysics:
recombination
ionized (
plasma
) to neutral (gas)
opaque to transparent
surface of last scattering
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Brian D. Fields
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