Cosmology from Antarctica

• Main Authors: Wilson, Robert W., Stark, Antony A.
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2008
• Subjects: Astrophysics astro-ph; FOS Physical sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; South Pole; McMurdo Station; Amundsen-Scott; Cara; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; IPY; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0810.0737; https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.0737

Observation of the CMB is central to observational cosmology, and the Antarctic Plateau is an exceptionally good site for this work. The first attempt at CMB observations from the Plateau was an expedition to the South Pole in December 1986 by the Radio Physics Research group at Bell Laboratories. S...