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Effects of primordial chemistry on the cosmic microwave background

2008/03/31 by D. R. G. Schleicher, D. Galli, F. Palla +4
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809861

16 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication at A&A. Discussion section updated

arxiv created 2008/07/03 · openalex publication_date 2008/07/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

Context. Previous works have demonstrated that the generation of secondary CMB anisotropies due to the molecular optical depth is likely too small to be observed. In this paper, we examine additional ways in which primordial chemistry and the dark ages might influence the CMB.

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