A flat Universe from high-resolution maps of the cosmic microwave background radiation

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6781, 2000, Pages 955-959

  De Bernardis, P ^a   Ade, P A R ^b   Bock, J J ^c   Bond, J R ^d   Borrill, J ^e,k   Boscaleri, A ^f   Coble, K ^g   Crill, B P ^h   De Gasperis, G ⁱ   Farese, P C ^g   Ferreira, P G ^q   Ganga, K ^h,j   Giacometti, M ^a   Hivon, E ^h   Hristov, V V ^h   Iacoangell, A ^a   Jaffe, A H ^k   Lange, A E ^h   Martinis, L ^l   Masi, S ^a   Mason, P V ^h   Mauskopf, P D ^m,n   Melchiorri, A ^a   Miglio, L ^o   Montroy, T ^g   Netterfield, C B ^o   Pascale, E ^f   Placentini, F ^a   Pogosyan, D ^d   Prunet, S ^d   Rao, S ^p   Romeo, G ^p   Ruhl, J E ^g   Scaramuzzi, F ^l   Sforna, D ^a   Vittorio, N ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^j l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l ENEA   (Italy)

^m CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^p ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^q NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034720220     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35010035     Document Type: Article

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