The y-sky: Diffuse spectral distortions of the cosmic microwave background

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Pitrou, Cyril ^a   Bernardeau, Francis ^b,c   Uzan, Jean Philippe ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b DIF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Cosmological perturbation theory; Reionization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955410159     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/07/019     Document Type: Article

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