Last updated: October-30-09

BACKGROUND RADIATION

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External Link: BEGINNER'S INTRODUCTION TO THE CMB

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THE PEAK REGION OF THE EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND RADIATION - Marco Ajello (2009)

THEORETICAL OVERVIEW OF COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND ANISOTROPY - Edward L. Wright (2004)

THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION - Eric Gawiser and Joseph Silk (2000)

MAPS OF THE COSMOS: THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND - Lyman A. Page (2004)

THE COSMIC INFRARED BACKGROUND: Measurements and Implications - Michael G. Hauser and Eli Dwek (2001)

THE COSMIC RADIO AND INFRARED BACKGROUNDS CONNECTION - Eli Dwek and Michael K. Barker (2002)

THE FIRST DETECTIONS OF THE EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT AT 3000, 5500, AND 8000Å (III): COSMOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS - Rebecca A. Bernstein, Wendy L. Freedman and Barry F. Madore (2002)

THE FIRST DETECTIONS OF THE EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT AT 3000, 5500, AND 8000Å (II): MEASUREMENT OF FOREGROUND ZODIACAL LIGHT - Rebecca A. Bernstein, Wendy L. Freedman and Barry F. Madore (2002)

THE FIRST DETECTIONS OF THE EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT AT 3000, 5500, AND 8000Å (1): RESULTS - Rebecca A. Bernstein, Wendy L. Freedman and Barry F. Madore (2002)

THE COSMIC FAR ULTRAVIOLET BACKGROUND - Stuart Bowyer (1991)

THE ORIGIN OF THE X-RAY BACKGROUND - A. C. Fabian and X. Barcons (1992)

THE ENERGY OUTPUT OF THE UNIVERSE - A. C. Fabian (200)

EXTRAGALACTIC GAMMA-RAY BACKGROUND - Neil Gehrels and Cynthia Cheung (1995)

THE FAR INFRARED AND SUBMILLIMETER DIFFUSE EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND - M. G. Hauser (2001)

INFRARED BACKGROUND (OBSERVATIONS) - Michael G. Hauser (1995)

EXTRAGALACTIC ULTRAVIOLET BACKGROUND RADIATION - Richard C. Henry and Jayant Murthy (1995)

ULTRAVIOLET BACKGROUND RADIATION - Richard C. Henry (1991)

ULTRAVIOLET BACKGROUND (THEORY) - Peter Jakobsen (1995)

INTRODUCTION TO MICROWAVE BACKGROUND POLARIZATION - Arthur Kosowsky (1999)

THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND - Arthur Kosowsky (2001)

USING THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND TO CONSTRAIN H₀ - Anthony N. Lasenby and Michael E. Jones (1997)

THE RADIO BACKGROUND EMISSION - THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT - M. S. Longair (1995)

THE INFRARED BACKGROUND (THEORY) - Carol J. Lonsdale (1995)

THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM - Piero Madau (1999)

FAINT GALAXIES, EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT, AND THE REIONIZATION OF THE UNIVERSE - Piero Madau (1999)

STARLIGHT IN THE UNIVERSE - Piero Madau (1998)

COSMIC STAR FORMATION HISTORY AND THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE NIGHT SKY - Piero Madau (1999)

DEEP GALAXY COUNTS, EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT, AND THE STELLAR BARYON BUDGET - Piero Madau and Lucia Pozzetti (2000)

METALS IN THE UNIVERSE AND DIFFUSE BACKGROUND RADIATION - B.E.J. Pagel (2001)

THE RADIO BACKGROUND: RADIO-LOUD GALAXIES AT HIGH AND LOW REDSHIFTS - J. A. Peacock (1995)

EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND RADIATION - INTRODUCTION - P.J.E. Peebles (1995)

DIFFUSE GAMMA-RAY EMISSION: GALACTIC AND EXTRAGALACTIC - Martin Pohl (1998)

FAR-INFRARED SOURCE COUNTS AND THE DIFFUSE INFRARED BACKGROUND - J. L. Puget and G. Lagache (2001)

OBSERVATIONS OF THE ISOTROPY OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION - Anthony C. S. Readhead and Charles R. Lawrence (1992)

`FIRST LIGHT' IN THE UNIVERSE; WHAT ENDED THE "DARK AGE"? - Martin J. Rees (1999)

NEW PHYSICS FROM THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND - Douglas Scott (1999)

THE EXTRAGALACTIC GAMMA-RAY BACKGROUND - F. W. Stecker and M. H. Salamon (2001)

THE OPTICAL EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND RADIATION - J. A. Tyson (1995)

ANISOTROPIES IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND - Martin White, Douglas Scott, and Joseph Silk (1994)

THE X-RAY BACKGROUND (OBSERVATIONS) - Giovanni Zamorani (1995)