A correlation between the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure in the Universe

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6969, 2004, Pages 45-47

  Boughn, Stephen ^a   Crittenden, Robert ^b  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; MICROWAVES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DARK ENERGY;

COSMIC RAYS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COSMOS; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; GRAVITY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; X RAY;

EID: 0345827466     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02139     Document Type: Article

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