Beyond y and μ: The shape of the CMB spectral distortions in the intermediate epoch, 1.5 × 10 4 ≲z≲2 × 10 5

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 9, 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; cosmological parameters from CMBR; particle physics cosmology connection; Sunyaev Zeldovich effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866851939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/09/016     Document Type: Article

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