Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aabb.book...99p&link_type=abstract
In: Advances in astronomy. Editor: J. M. T. Thompson. Royal Society Series on Advances in Science, Vol. 1. London: Imperial Coll
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background
Scientific paper
The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) is currently mapping the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation on the full sky at five microwave frequencies. We summarize the major scientific results from the analysis of the first-year WMAP data, released on February 11, 2003: (1) the WMAP data alone fits a standard cosmological model, giving precise determinations of its six parameters; (2) the universe was reionized very early on in its history; (3) a joint analysis of WMAP data with smaller scale ground-based CMB experiments and large-scale structure data yields improved constraints on the geometry of the universe, the dark energy equation of state, the energy density in stable neutrino species, and the Inflationary paradigm.
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