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Title What will we learn from the CMB?
Creator/Author Dodelson, S.
Publication Date1997 Oct 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 572846; Legacy ID: DE98050653
Report Number(s)FNAL/C--97/333-A; CONF-9705201--
DOE Contract NumberAC02-76CH03000
Other Number(s)Other: ON: DE98050653; BR: KA HEP
Resource TypeConference
Resource RelationConference: Fundamental Physics at the Birth of the Universe II, Rome (Italy), 19-24 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1997
Research OrgFermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring OrgUSDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
Subject66 PHYSICS; RELICT RADIATION
Description/Abstract Within the next decade, experiments measuring the anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) will add greatly to our knowledge of the universe. There are dozens of experiments scheduled to take data over the next several years, capped by the satellite missions of NASA (MAP) and ESA (PLANCK). What will we learn from these experiments? I argue that the potential pay-off is immense: We are quite likely to determine cosmological parameters to unprecedented accuracy. This will provide key information about the theory of structure formation and even about the physics behind inflation. If the experiments succeed, can anything spoil this pay-off? I focus on three possible spoilers - foregrounds, reionization, and defect models - and argue that we have every reason to be optimistic.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatSize: 11 p.; Other: FDE: POSTSCRIPT; PL:
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