The Universe as Seen by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
Abstract
The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) is currently mapping temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background radiation on the full sky in 5 microwave bands. We summarize major scientific results obtained from the first year data released on February 11, 2003: (1) precision determinations of the cosmological parameters, (2) discovery of early reionization of the universe, and (3) implications for the Inflationary paradigm.
- Publication:
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The New Cosmology: Conference on Strings and Cosmology
- Pub Date:
- December 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.1848318
- Bibcode:
- 2004AIPC..743...62K
- Keywords:
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- 98.70.Vc;
- 98.80.Es;
- 98.80.Cq;
- 95.85.Bh;
- Background radiations;
- Observational cosmology;
- Particle-theory and field-theory models of the early Universe;
- Radio microwave