Tracing the first stars with fluctuations of the cosmic infrared background

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7064, 2005, Pages 45-50

  Kashlinsky, A ^a,b   Arendt, R G ^a,b   Mather, J ^a   Moseley, S H ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC RAYS; INFRARED RADIATION;

COSMIC TIMES; FLUCTUATIONS; STARS;

GALAXIES;

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOS; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POPULATION; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 27744475892     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04143     Document Type: Article

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