The Cosmic Microwave Background: 25 Years Later Proceedings of a Mee
This book is the result of a Meeting held in L'Aquila (Italy) from the 19th to the 23rd of June 1989. The aim of the Meeting was to gather together the people actively working on the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, both from an experimental and fro
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Edited by
N. MANDOLESI rrESREICNR, Bologna,ltaly
and N. VITIORIO Universita dell' Aquila,ltaly
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT I BOSTON I LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data The Cosmic ~icrowave background, 25 years later: proceedings of a meeting on "The Cosmic Microwave Background, 25 Years Later", held in L'Aqulla, Italy, June 19-23, 1989 I edited by N. Mandolesi, N. Vittorio. p, cm, -- (Astronomi ca 1 and space sc i ence li brary ; v. 164) Inc 1udes index, ISBN 0-7923-0849-2 (alk. paper) 1, Cos~ic background radiation--Congresses, I, Mandolesi, N. II. Vittorio, N, III. Series. OB991,C64C67 1990 523.01'875344--dc20 90-39754
ISBN-13: 978-94-010-6779-9 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-0655-6 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-0655-6
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THE COSMIC MICROWAVB BACKGROUND: 25 YEARS LATER
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LffiRARY A SERIES OF BOOKS ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF SPACE SCIENCE AND OF GENERAL GEOPHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS PUBLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOURNAL SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
Editorial Board R. L. F. BOYD, University College, London, England
W. B. BURTON, Ste"ewacht, Leiden, The Netherlands C. DE JAGER, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
J. KLECZEK, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Ondfejov, Czechoslavakia
Z. KOPAL, University of Manchester, England R. LOST, European Space Agency, Paris, France
L. I. SEDOV,Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow,
u.s.s.R.
Z. SvEsTKA, Laboratory for Space Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
PROCEEDINGS VOLUME 164
TABLE OF CONTENTS CONFERENCE PHOTOGRAPH FOREWORD ORGANIZING COMMITTEES SESSION CHAIRMEN OPEN DISCUSSION LEADERS LIST OF REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS LETTER TO R.H. DICKE
Vlll IX Xl XlI Xlll XV
XXlll
HISTORICAL REMARKS D.W. Sciama
THE IMPACT OF THE CMB DISCOVERY ON THEORETICAL COSMOLOGY
1
D.T. Wilkinson and P.J.E. Peebles DISCOVERY OF THE j ' K RADIATION
17
SMALL SCALE CMB ANISOTROPY C.R. Lawrence
SMALL SCALE ANISOTROPY MEASUREMENTS
33
J.R. Bond
THEORETICAL MAPS OF CMB ANISOTROPIES
45
vi
Y. Rephaeli
THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SUNYAEV-ZEL'DOVICH EFFECT
67
M. Birkinshaw
OBSERVATIONS OF THE SUNYAEV-ZEL'DOVICH EFFECT
77
LARGE AND INTERMEDIATE SCALE
