Early results from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)

J. C. Mather; M. G. Hauser; C. L. Bennett; N. W. Boggess; E. S. Cheng; Eplee R.E. Jr.; H. T. Freudenreich; R. B. Isaacman; T. Kelsall; C. M. Lisse; Moseley S.H. Jr.; R. A. Shafer; R. F. Silverberg; W. J. Spiesman; G. N. Toller; J. L. Weiland; S. Gulkis; M. Jansssen; P. M. Lubin; S. S. Meyer; R. Weiss; T. L. Murdock; G. F. Smoot; D. T. Wilkinson; E. L. Wright

doi:10.1016/0273-1177(91)90489-7

Early results from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)

J. C. Mather^*, M. G. Hauser, C. L. Bennett, N. W. Boggess, E. S. Cheng, Eplee R.E. Jr., H. T. Freudenreich, R. B. Isaacman, T. Kelsall, C. M. Lisse, Moseley S.H. Jr., R. A. Shafer, R. F. Silverberg, W. J. Spiesman, G. N. Toller, J. L. Weiland, S. Gulkis, M. Jansssen, P. M. Lubin, S. S. MeyerR. Weiss, T. L. Murdock, G. F. Smoot, D. T. Wilkinson, E. L. Wright

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The Cosmic Background Explorer, launched November 18, 1989, has nearly completed its first full mapping of the sky with all three of its instruments: a Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) covering 0.1 to 10 mm, a set of Differential muwave Radiometers (DMR) operating at 3.3, 5.7, and 9.6 mm, and a Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment (DIRBE) spanning 1 to 300 μm in ten bands. A preliminary map of the sky derived from DIRBE data is presented. Initial cosmological implications include: a limit on the Comptonization y parameter of 10^-3, on the chemical potential μ parameter of 10^-2, a strong limit on the existence of a hot smooth intergalactic medium, and a confirmation that the dipole anisotropy has the spectrum expected from a Doppler shift of a blackbody. There are no significant anisotropies in the muwave sky detected, other than from our own galaxy and a cos θ dipole anisotropy whose amplitude and direction agree with previous data. At shorter wavelengths, the sky spectrum and anisotropies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	181-191
Number of pages	11
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0273-1177(91)90489-7
Publication status	Published - 1991
Externally published	Yes

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Mather, J. C., Hauser, M. G., Bennett, C. L., Boggess, N. W., Cheng, E. S., R.E. Jr., E., Freudenreich, H. T., Isaacman, R. B., Kelsall, T., Lisse, C. M., S.H. Jr., M., Shafer, R. A., Silverberg, R. F., Spiesman, W. J., Toller, G. N., Weiland, J. L., Gulkis, S., Jansssen, M., Lubin, P. M., ... Wright, E. L. (1991). Early results from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE). Advances in Space Research, 11(2), 181-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/0273-1177(91)90489-7

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