Cosmic microwave background radiation

In cosmology, the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) is a form of electromagnetic radiation discovered in 1964 that radiates throughout the universe in the microwave range.

References and external links

• NASA's data center for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
• Weisstein, E. W., "Cosmic Background Radiation".
• GSU hyperphysics's "3K Cosmic Background Radiation".
• Wilson, Robert Woodrow, "The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation". Nobel Lecture.
• Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Project. -- Tests of the Big Bang: The CMB
• COsmic Background Explorer : NASA's COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) satellite.
• Hu, Wayne, "Introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background." Public talk presented at the IAS.
• Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) Project
• Boomerang (Stratospheric Balloon Borne Telescope) Boomerang
• Archeops (Planck HFI instrument on balloon test)
• CMB Astrophysics Research Program -- Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
• Dept. Physics & Astronomy, "Cosmic Background Radiation". Astronomy 162. University of Tennessee.
• MAP Project. "Fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background". Department of Physics, Hallym University.
• CMB and Large Scale Structure -- "One Day Cosmology Meeting". MIT, April 4, 1997.