Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993adspr..13..409b&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 13, no. 12, P. (12)409-(12)423
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Anisotropy, Astronomical Models, Background Radiation, Big Bang Cosmology, Black Body Radiation, Far Infrared Radiation, Galactic Radiation, Infrared Astronomy, Microwave Spectra, Radio Astronomy, Bolometers, Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Infrared Spectrophotometers, Michelson Interferometers, Microwave Radiometers, Satellite-Borne Instruments
Scientific paper
NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) carries three scientific instruments to make precise measurements of the spectrum and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation on angular scales greater than 7 deg and to conduct a search for a diffuse cosmic infrared background (CIB) radiation with 0.7 deg angular resolution. Data from the Far-Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) show that the spectrum of the CMB is that of a blackbody of temperature T = 2.73 +/- 0.06 K, with no deviation from a blackbody spectrum greater than 0.25% of the peak brightness. The first year of data from the Differential Microwave Radiometers (DMR) show statistically significant CMB anisotropy. The anisotropy is consistent with a scale invariant primordial density fluctuation spectrum. Infrared sky brightness measurements from the Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment (DIRBE) provide new conservative upper limits to the CIB. Extensive modeling of solar system and galactic infrared foregrounds is required for further improvement in the CIB limits.
Bennett Charles L.
Boggess Nancy W.
Cheng Edward S.
Hauser Michael G.
Kelsall Thomas
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