First results of the COBE satellite measurement of the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation
Abstract
We review the concept and operation of the Differential Microwave Radiometers (DMR) instrument aboard NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite, with emphasis on the software identification and subtraction of potential systematic effects. We present preliminary results obtained from the first six months of DMR data and discuss implications for cosmology.
- Publication:
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Advances in Space Research
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0273-1177(91)90490-B
- Bibcode:
- 1991AdSpR..11b.193S
- Keywords:
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- Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite;
- Cosmology;
- Radiation Distribution;
- Relic Radiation;
- Angular Distribution;
- Calibrating;
- Horn Antennas;
- Microwave Radiometers;
- Satellite Instruments;
- Superheterodyne Receivers;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation