Abstract NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE 1) carries three scientific instruments to make precise measurements of the spectrum and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation on angular scales greater than 7° and to conduct a search for a diffuse cosmic infrared background (CIB) radiation with 0.7° angular resolution. Data from the Far-InfraRed Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) show that the spectrum of the CMB is that of a blackbody of temperature T=2.73±0.06 K, with no deviation from a blackbody spectrum greater than 0.25% of the peak brightness. The first year of data from the Differential Microwave Radiometers (DMR) show statistically significant CMB anisotropy. The anisotropy is consistent with a scale invariant primordial density fluctuation spectrum. Infrared sky brightness measurements from the Diffuse InfraRed Background Experiment (DIRBE) provide new conservative upper limits to the CIB. Extensive modeling of solar system and galactic infrared foregrounds is required for further improvement in the CIB limits.


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    Title :

    Scientific results from COBE


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    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 13 , 12 ; 409-423


    Publication date :

    1993-01-01


    Size :

    15 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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