Almost 50 years of research on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) have produced a revolution in our understanding of the Universe and of its evolution. These measurements test the deepest issues linking cosmology and fundamental physics, namely inflation, the strange composition of our universe, and the formation of its structures. We review the current status of the measurements and the related experimental methods. We conclude describing a few selected forthcoming CMB experiments, studying the finest details of the CMB (polarization, Gaussianity, spectrum and spectral anisotropy). © 2013 CERN for the benefit of the authors.
The Cosmic Microwave Background: A window on the early universe / DE BERNARDIS, Paolo. - In: NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS. - ISSN 0920-5632. - STAMPA. - 243-244:(2013), pp. 33-43. (Intervento presentato al convegno SpacePart12 tenutosi a Geneve nel 5-7 November 2012) [10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2013.09.009].
The Cosmic Microwave Background: A window on the early universe
DE BERNARDIS, Paolo
2013
Abstract
Almost 50 years of research on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) have produced a revolution in our understanding of the Universe and of its evolution. These measurements test the deepest issues linking cosmology and fundamental physics, namely inflation, the strange composition of our universe, and the formation of its structures. We review the current status of the measurements and the related experimental methods. We conclude describing a few selected forthcoming CMB experiments, studying the finest details of the CMB (polarization, Gaussianity, spectrum and spectral anisotropy). © 2013 CERN for the benefit of the authors.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
