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The Cosmic Background ExplorerThe Cosmic Background Explorer (CBE), NASA's cosmological satellite which will observe a radiative relic of the big bang, is discussed. The major questions connected to the big bang theory which may be clarified using the CBE are reviewed. The satellite instruments and experiments are described, including the Differential Microwave Radiometer, which measures the difference between microwave radiation emitted from two points on the sky, the Far-Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer, which compares the spectrum of radiation from the sky at wavelengths from 100 microns to one cm with that from an internal blackbody, and the Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment, which searches for the radiation from the earliest generation of stars.
Document ID
19900032073
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Gulkis, Samuel
(JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lubin, Philip M.
(California, University Santa Barbara, United States)
Meyer, Stephan S.
(MIT Cambridge MA, United States)
Silverberg, Robert F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Scientific American
Volume: 262
ISSN: 0036-8733
Subject Category
Space Radiation
Accession Number
90A19128
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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