Spectral distortions to the cosmic microwave background from the recombination of hydrogen and helium

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 367, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1666-1676

  Wong, Wan Yan ^a   Seager, Sara ^b   Scott, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic processes; Cosmic microwave background; Cosmology: theory; Early universe; Infrared: general

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; PHOTONS;

APPROXIMATE FORMULAS; ATOMIC PROCESS; BACKGROUND SPECTRUM; COSMIC MICROWAVES BACKGROUND; COSMOLOGY: THEORY; EARLY UNIVERSE; INFRARED: GENERAL; LINE INTENSITIES; SPECTRAL DISTORTIONS; TWO PHOTON;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 33645657605     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10076.x     Document Type: Article

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