Astronomy 350
Lecture 32, Nov 14
Fall 2012
Lecture Notes:
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Cosmic Microwave Background Fluctuations
the CMB sky
, normal contrast
high-contrast (1000X): CMB
dipole
higher contrast (100,000X):
COBE (1995)
--
recognized
as landmark result
WMAP
(2003):
image making:
raw
,
final product
COBE vs WMAP
fluctuations vs angular scale:
WMAP power spectrum
cool WMAP
movies
physical
origin
of fluctuations
polarization:
from WMAP
Cosmic Microwave Background and Cosmic Geometry
cosmic
curvature
possible geometries
illustrated
link between geometry and fate
measuring curvature with
WMAP
The Cosmic Nuclear Age
nuclei
nuclear forces
Lecture Archive
Brian D. Fields
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