Background Radiation

Table of contents

PowerPoint Presentation

Big Bang Timeline

Cosmic Microwave Background

Where is the CMBR?

CMBR

COBE launch movie

COBE

COBE data/DIRBE

COBE data/FIRAS

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COBE DMR

COBE data/DMR

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CMBR Fluctuations

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BOOMERanG

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BOOMERanG vs. COBE

BOOMERanG 1998 Data

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BOOMERanG vs. Supernovae

MAXIMA

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BOOMERanG and MAXIMA Results

X-ray Background

Slide 31

Chandra data

CGRO/EGRET data

What are the next questions?

Microwave Anistropy Probe

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MAP limits

Planck

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Gamma-ray Background

Web Resources

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Author: Lynn Cominsky

E-mail: lynnc@charmian.sonoma.edu

Homepage: http://perry.sonoma.edu/lynnc