The evolution of the cosmic microwave background temperature: Measurements of TCMB at high redshift from carbon monoxide excitation

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 526, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Noterdaeme, P ^a   Petitjean, P ^b   Srianand, R ^c   Ledoux, C ^d   Lopez S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

cosmic background radiation; cosmology: observations; quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CO ABSORPTION; COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUNDS; COSMOLOGY: OBSERVATIONS; DARK ENERGY; EFFECTIVE EQUATIONS; EVOLUTIONARY STAGE; HIGH-REDSHIFT; INTERSTELLAR MOLECULES; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; QUASAR SPECTRA; QUASARS:ABSORPTION LINES; RED SHIFT; ROTATIONAL LEVELS; SERENDIPITOUS DISCOVERY;

ABSORPTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADIATION;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 78650919748     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201016140     Document Type: Article

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