Cosmic Microwave Background

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cosmic_Microwave_Background
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:cosmic_background_radiation
gptkbp:ageAtEmission ~380,000 years after Big Bang
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:CMB
gptkbp:anisotropy tiny fluctuations
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Arno_Penzias
gptkb:Robert_Wilson
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1965
gptkbp:fills entire observable universe
gptkbp:firstLight recombination era
gptkbp:measures gptkb:Planck_satellite
gptkb:COBE
gptkb:WMAP
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Big_Bang
gptkbp:polarization present
gptkbp:powerSource ~0.25 eV/cm³
gptkbp:redshift ~1100
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:cosmology
gptkb:Sachs-Wolfe_effect
gptkb:dark_matter
gptkb:Sunyaev-Zel'dovich_effect
gptkb:cosmic_neutrino_background
gptkb:cosmic_background_radiation
cosmic expansion
dark energy
cosmic inflation
cosmic evolution
cosmic horizon
inflation theory
reionization
structure formation
cosmic microwave background anisotropy
baryon acoustic oscillations
cosmic structure
cosmic isotropy
cosmic variance
cosmic microwave background polarization
cosmic foregrounds
cosmic history
cosmic homogeneity
cosmic opacity
cosmic timeline
last scattering surface
gptkbp:significance evidence for Big Bang theory
gptkbp:spectrumOfActivity blackbody
gptkbp:temperature 2.725 K
gptkbp:uniformity highly uniform
gptkbp:wavelengthPeak 1.9 mm
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CMB
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cosmic Microwave Background