A new measurement of the cosmic microwave background radiation temperature at z = 1.97

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 474, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 67-73

  Ge, Jian ^a   Bechtold, Jill ^a   Black, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Quasars: absorption lines; Quasars: individual (QSO 0013 004)

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444453842     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303426     Document Type: Article

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