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Measurements of the cosmic microwave background temperature at 1.47 GHz [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1991.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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135 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary:
A radiofrequency-gain total power radiometer measured the intensity of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at a frequency of 1.47 GHz (20.4 cm wavelength) from White Mountain, California, in September 1988 and from the South Pole, Antarctica, in December 1989. The CMB thermodynamic temperature, TCMB, is 2.27 ± 0.25 K (68% C.L.) measured from White Mountain and 2.26 ± 0.21 K from the South Pole site. The combined result is 2.27 ± 0.19 K. The correction for galactic emission has been derived from scaled low-frequency maps and constitutes the main source, of error. The atmospheric signal is found by extrapolation from zenith scan measurements at higher frequencies. The result is consistent with previous low-frequency measurements, including a measurement at 1.41 GHz (Levin et al. 1988) made with an earlier version of this instrument. The result is ∼2.5 σ (∼l% probability) from the 2.74 ± 0.02,K global average CMB temperature.
Report Numbers:
E 1.99:lbl--32436
lbl--32436
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Dissertation Note:
Thesis (Ph.D.); PBD: Nov 1991
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Published through SciTech Connect.
11/01/1991.
"lbl--32436"
"DE93000587"
Bensadoun, M.J.
Funding Information:
AC03-76SF00098
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