Measurement of the cosmic microwave background spectrum by the COBE FIRAS instrument

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 420, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 439-444

  Mather, J C ^a   Cheng, E S ^a   Cottingham, D A ^b   Eplee Jr , R E ^a   Fixsen, D J ^a   Hewagama, T ^a   Isaacman, R B ^a   Jensen, K A ^a   Meyer, S S ^c   Noerdlinger, P D ^a   Read, S M ^a   Rosen, L P ^a   Shafer, R A ^a   Wright, E L ^d   Bennett, C L ^a   Boggess, N W ^a   Hauser, M G ^a   Kelsall, T ^a   Moseley Jr , S H ^a   Silverberg, R F ^a   Smoot, G F ^e   Weiss, R ^c   Wilkinson, D T ^f   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmic microwave background; Cosmology: observations; Early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 12044249230     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/173574     Document Type: Article

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