{ "id": "astro-ph/0212305", "version": "v1", "published": "2002-12-12T21:07:36.000Z", "updated": "2002-12-12T21:07:36.000Z", "title": "The Cosmic Microwave Background", "authors": [ "Joseph Silk" ], "comment": "Plenary talk at TH-2002, UNESCO, Paris, July 22-26, 2002, to be published in Annales Henri Poincar\\'e", "journal": "AnnalesHenriPoincare4:S275-S290,2003", "doi": "10.1007/s00023-003-0922-1", "categories": [ "astro-ph" ], "abstract": "I review the discovery of the temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation. The underlying theory and the implications for cosmology are reviewed, and I describe the prospects for future progress.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2002-12-12T21:07:36.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "cosmic microwave background radiation", "temperature fluctuations", "underlying theory", "implications" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 604534 } } }