2006/06/22 by A. Challinor, Challinor, Anthony · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0606548
openalex publication_date 2006/06/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The temperature anisotropies and polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation provide a window back to the physics of the early universe. They encode the nature of the initial fluctuations and so can reveal much about the physical mechanism that led to their generation. In this contribution we review what we have learnt so far about early-universe physics from CMB observations, and what we hope to learn with a new generation of high-sensitivity, polarization-capable instruments.