Antarctic observations of the cosmic microwave background

• Published in: Highlights of Astronomy
• Main Author: Smoot, George F
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
• Subjects: General Medicine; Antarctic; Polar Plateau; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1539299600022607; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1539299600022607

In the standard cosmology of the Big Bang theory the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the remnant radiation from the hot early universe. The sky signal is comprised of radiation from the CMB, from Galactic emission, from atmospheric emission, and from instrument sidelobes seeing the ground and m...