Creation of the CMB spectrum: Precise analytic solutions for the blackbody photosphere

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Khatri, Rishi ^a   Sunyaev, Rashid A ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; physics of the early universe; recombination; Sunyaev Zeldovich effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863482337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/06/038     Document Type: Article

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