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Cosmic Microwave Background

Cosmic Microwave Background is a nearly isotropic, thermal electromagnetic radiation field that permeates the universe and constitutes the redshifted relic of the last scattering of photons in the hot, dense early universe shortly after the Big Bang.

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Maps of Dust Infrared Emission for Use in Estimation of Reddening and Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Foregrounds

David J. Schlegel, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Marc Davis · The Astrophysical Journal · 1998 · 15.3K citations · Full text

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First‐Year <i>Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe</i> ( <i>WMAP</i> ) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters

David N. Spergel, Licia Verde, Hiranya V. Peiris et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2003 · 11K citations · Full text

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SEVEN-YEAR<i>WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE</i>(<i>WMAP</i>) OBSERVATIONS: COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

Eiichiro Komatsu, Kendrick M. Smith, J. Dunkley et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2011 · 8.8K citations · Full text

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Three‐Year<i>Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe</i>(<i>WMAP</i>) Observations: Implications for Cosmology

David N. Spergel, Rachel Bean, Olivier Doré et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2007 · 6.7K citations · Full text

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DYNAMICS OF DARK ENERGY

Edmund J. Copeland, M. Sami, Shinji Tsujikawa · International Journal of Modern Physics D · 2006 · 6.2K citations · Full text

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    David N. Spergel

    Princeton University, United States

    134 publications · 65.6K citations

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    P. A. R. Ade

    Cardiff University, United Kingdom

    204 publications · 26.7K citations

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    Edward J. Wollack

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    143 publications · 63.7K citations

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    Lyman A. Page

    Princeton University, United States

    119 publications · 61.3K citations

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    A. Melchiorri

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    163 publications · 21.1K citations

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  1. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    153 h-index

    2K publications

    660.1K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    148 h-index

    2.3K publications

    317.3K citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    142 h-index

    2.6K publications

    390K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    133 h-index

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    381K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    125 h-index

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    1.2M citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

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    888 publications

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  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    120 h-index

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  8. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 1.3K publications · 147.9K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    1.1K publications · 68.3K citations

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  4. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 349 publications · 46.2K citations

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