Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver
Measure the anisotropy of the Cosmic microwave background
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ACBAR was an experiment to measure the anisotropy of the Cosmic microwave background. It was active 2000-2008.
The ACBAR 145 GHz measurements were the most precise high multipole measurements of the CMB at the time.
See also
- Cosmic microwave background experiments
- Observational cosmology
Further reading
- Reichardt, C. L.; et al. (2009). "High resolution CMB power spectrum from the complete ACBAR data set". The Astrophysical Journal. 694 (2): 1200–1219. arXiv:0801.1491. Bibcode:2009ApJ...694.1200R. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/694/2/1200.
External links
- ACBAR Homepage
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- Cosmic variance
- Diffusion damping
- Recombination
- Sachs–Wolfe effect
- Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect
- Thomson scattering
4-year Planck image (2018) of the CMB.
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