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Overview
- Microwave radiation
- Observable universe
- Optical telescope
- Radio telescope
- Uniform Isotropic
- Object Astronomical object
- Microwave
- Discovery of the CMB Discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation
- Arno Allan Penzias
- Robert Woodrow Wilson
- Big Bang
- Theory Scientific theory
- Cosmological models Cosmological model
- Opaque Opacity (optics)
- Plasma Plasma (physics)
- Sub-atomic particles Sub-atomic particle
- Thomson scattering
- Recombination epoch Recombination (cosmology)
- Decoupling event Decoupling (cosmology)
- Photons
- Energetic Photon energy
- Cosmological redshift
- Expansion of the universe
- COBE Cosmic Background Explorer
- WMAP Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
- Planck experiment Planck (spacecraft)
- Distribution Distribution (mathematics)
- Frequency
- Power spectrum
- Curvature of the universe
Features
- Black body
- Thermal energy
- Kelvin
- SI System International
- Black body spectrum
- Brightness temperature
- Root mean square
- Dipole
- Doppler shift
- Peculiar velocity
- Comoving Comoving distance
- Crater Crater (constellation)
- Leo Leo (constellation)
- Aberration Aberration of light
- Polarization Polarization (physics)
- Spectral distortions Cosmic microwave background spectral distortions
History
- Georges Lemaître
- Cosmic rays
- Richard C. Tolman
- Ralph Alpher
- Robert Herman
- George Gamow
- Electromagnetic spectrum
- Soviet Soviet Union
- A. G. Doroshkevich
- Igor Novikov Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov
- David Todd Wilkinson
- Robert H. Dicke
- Princeton University
- Dicke radiometer
- Arno Penzias
- Crawford Hill
- Bell Telephone Laboratories
- Holmdel Township, New Jersey
- Project Echo
- Antenna temperature Noise temperature
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- Solar System
- Alternatives Non-standard cosmology
- Steady state theory
- Rashid Sunyaev
- RELIKT-1
- Alan Guth
- NASA
- Nobel Prize
- MAT/TOCO Mobile Anisotropy Telescope
Theoretical models
- Cosmological redshift Hubble's law
- Standard Cosmological Model
- Universe
- Exponential growth
- Inflaton
- Electrons Electron
- Expanded Metric expansion of space
- Adiabatic Adiabatic process
- Protons Proton
- Hydrogen
- Freely Free streaming
- Color temperature
- EV Electronvolt
- Inversely proportional
- Scale length Scale factor (universe)
- ΛCDM ("Lambda Cold Dark Matter") model Lambda-CDM model
- Coherent Coherence (physics)
- Cosmological horizon
- Fine-tuning Fine-tuning (physics)
- Steady state model
Polarization
- Electrostatics
- Curl Curl (mathematics)
- Divergence
- Gravitational waves Gravitational wave
Multipole analysis
Future evolution
- Big Crunch
- Big Rip
- Starlight
- Proton decay
- Evaporation of black holes Hawking radiation
- Positronium
- Unruh-effect Unruh effect
- Particle horizon
Timeline of prediction, discovery and interpretation
- Charles Édouard Guillaume
- Arthur Eddington
- Starlight Star
- Cosmologist
- Erich Regener
- Richard Tolman
- Robert Dicke
- Erwin Finlay-Freundlich
- Tired light
- Andrew McKellar
- Nançay Radio Observatory
- Igor Dmitrievich Novikov
- James Peebles Philip James Edwin Peebles
- Rainer K. Sachs
- Arthur M. Wolfe
- Gravitational potential
- Martin Rees
- Dennis Sciama
- R. A. Sunyaev
- Yakov Zel'dovich
- Compton scattering
- Cambridge Radio Astronomy Group Cavendish Astrophysics Group
- Owens Valley Radio Observatory
- Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope
- Arcminute Microkelvin Imager
- Sunyaev–Zel'dovich Array
- Ralph A. Alpher
- National Medal of Science
- George Smoot George F. Smoot
- John Mather John C. Mather
In popular culture
- Stargate Universe
- Ancient Ancient (Stargate)
- Wheelers Wheelers (novel)
- Ian Stewart Ian Stewart (mathematician)
- Jack Cohen Jack Cohen (biologist)
- The Three-Body Problem The Three-Body Problem (novel)
- Liu Cixin
- Swiss 20 francs bill Banknotes of the Swiss franc
- Light-seconds Light-second
- WandaVision
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Nodes246
Edges245
Triples354
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00813
Components1
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Cosmic microwave background
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related to background · 94
Cosmic microwave background → Adams, Alpher, Although, Although Shamonov, An, Andrew McKellar, Arno Penzias, Array Receiver, Arthur, B-mode, Based, BICEP2, Big Bang, BOOMERANG, Cambridge Radio Astronomy Group, CBI, CMB, CMBR, CN, COBE
related to Discovery · 31
Cosmic microwave background → After, Arno Penzias, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Boys, CMB, Crawford Hill, David Todd Wilkinson, Dicke, Dicke's, Doroshkevich, Earth, Holmdel Township, Igor Novikov, In, May, National Aeronautics, New Jersey, Nobel Prize, On, Penzias
related to Planck · 24
Cosmic microwave background → ACBAR, According, Antarctic Viper, Apparently, Archeops, Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array, Based, CMB, ESA, European Space Agency, European-led, February, HEMT, Hubble, Its, March, May, Mpc, October, On
related to Degree Angular Scale Interferometer · 21
Cosmic microwave background → Antarctica, BOOMERanG, CBI, CMB, Cosmic Background Imager, DASI, GHz, In, Interferometer, It, Ka, MAXIMA, National Science Foundation's Amundsen, Scott South Pole Station, The, The DASI, The Degree Angular Scale, These, This, Very Small Array
related to External links · 19
Cosmic microwave background → Astronomy Cast, Brady Haran, CMB, CMBR, CMBR Theme, Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, Dr, Ed, Fraser Cain, Less, More, Nottingham, October, Pamela Gay, Planck, Sixty Symbols, Student Friendly Intro, The Big Bang, University
see also · 19
Cosmic microwave background → Anomaly, Astronomy, Axis, Big BangList, Branch, CDM, Exploring, Fluctuations, Mathematical, Models, Observation, Possible, Random, Study, System, Theory, Universe, Universe's, UniverseHeat
related to Further reading · 17
Cosmic microwave background → Amedeo, Balbi, Berlin, Big Bang, Cambridge University Press, Durrer, Evans, How It Changed Our, ISBN, New Cosmology, Rhodri, Ruth, Springer, The Cosmic Microwave Background, The Music, Understanding, Universe
related to In popular culture · 16
Cosmic microwave background → CMB, CMBR, Destiny, Ian Stewart, In, In The Three-Body Problem, In Wheelers, Jack Cohen, Jovian, Liu Cixin, Marvel, Stargate Universe TV, Swiss, The, This, WandaVision
related to Early speculations · 11
Cosmic microwave background → Alpher's PhD, Big Bang, George Gamow, Georges Lemaître, In, Ralph Alpher, Richard, Robert Herman, The, They, Tolman
related to Features · 11
Cosmic microwave background → CMB, Crater, Despite, Doppler, Intensity, Leo, SI, Sun, The, The CMB, Variations
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Important terminology
universe cmb microwave background cosmic radiation temperature photons anisotropy first polarization spectrum big angular bang wmap data density plasma early
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| COBE | instance of | Ground and space-based experiments | 0.80 | text |
| WMAP | instance of | Ground and space-based experiments | 0.80 | text |
| Planck have been used to measure these temperature inhomogeneities | instance of | Ground and space-based experiments | 0.80 | text |
| galaxy clusters | instance of | since the emission has undergone modification by foreground features | 0.80 | text |
| the steady state theory.Progress on theoryIn the 1970s numerous studies showed that tiny deviations from isotropy in the CMB could result from events in the early universe | instance of | The discovery of the CMB in the mid-1960s curtailed interest in alternatives | 0.80 | text |
| the steady state theory | instance of | The discovery of the CMB in the mid-1960s curtailed interest in alternatives | 0.80 | text |
| interactions of the background radiation with intervening hot gas or gravitational potentials | instance of | due to effects | 0.80 | text |
| which occur between the last scattering surface | instance of | due to effects | 0.80 | text |
| the observer.The structure of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies is principally determined by two effects | instance of | due to effects | 0.80 | text |
| electrons that are not bound in atoms | instance of | This implies a period of reionization during which some of the material of the universe was broken into hydrogen ions.The CMB photons are scattered by free charges | 0.80 | text |
| proton decay | instance of | later by the background radiation fields of processes that may take place in the far future of the universe | 0.80 | text |
| evaporation of black holes | instance of | later by the background radiation fields of processes that may take place in the far future of the universe | 0.80 | text |
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