The Temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background

2009/11/10 by D. J. Fixsen · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0004-637x/707/2/916

published as Astrophys.J.707:916-920,2009 · 6 Pages 3 figures

arxiv created 2009/11/10 · arxiv updated 2014/11/20

Abstract

The FIRAS data are independently recalibrated using the WMAP data to obtain a CMB temperature of 2.7260 +/- 0.0013. Measurements of the temperature of the cosmic microwave background are reviewed. The determination from the measurements from the literature is cosmic microwave background temperature of 2.72548 +/- 0.00057 K.

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