Measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

The techniques associated with the measurement of antenna temperature at microwave frequencies are discussed. A number of experiments designed to measure cosmic microwave background radiation are described and their results compared. These results give a very good fit to a 3/spl deg/K black body cur...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques 1968-09, Vol.16 (9), p.608-611
Main Author: Penzias, A.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna accessories
Antenna measurements
Attenuation
Frequency
Kelvin
Land surface temperature
Microwave measurements
Temperature distribution
Temperature measurement
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Summary:The techniques associated with the measurement of antenna temperature at microwave frequencies are discussed. A number of experiments designed to measure cosmic microwave background radiation are described and their results compared. These results give a very good fit to a 3/spl deg/K black body curve between 1.4 and 35 GHz.
ISSN:0018-9480
1557-9670
DOI:10.1109/TMTT.1968.1126760