The CMB

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:cosmology
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Sachs-Wolfe_effect
gptkb:Sunyaev-Zel'dovich_effect
gravitational lensing
gptkbp:contains anisotropies
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Arno_Penzias
gptkb:Robert_Wilson
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1965
gptkbp:evidence gptkb:Big_Bang_theory
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Cosmic_Microwave_Background
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The CMB
gptkbp:isBackgroundFor all directions in the sky
gptkbp:isObservedAt microwave frequencies
gptkbp:isotropic approximately
gptkbp:isRedshiftedFrom visible and infrared light
gptkbp:isUsedToMeasure gptkb:Hubble_constant
baryon density
dark energy density
dark matter density
curvature of the universe
universe age
gptkbp:isUsedToTest gptkb:inflationary_theory
gptkb:primordial_gravitational_waves
cosmological models
homogeneity of the universe
cosmic topology
cosmic variance
reionization epoch
isotropy of the universe
cosmic defects
neutrino properties
non-Gaussianity
gptkbp:measures gptkb:Planck_satellite
gptkb:COBE
gptkb:WMAP
gptkbp:originatedIn about 380,000 years after the Big Bang
gptkbp:polarizationDetected yes
gptkbp:provides early universe
cosmic inflation
large-scale structure
universe composition
gptkbp:represents surface of last scattering
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:cosmology
astrophysics
gptkbp:temperature 2.725 K
gptkbp:type radiation therapy
gptkbp:uniform to one part in 100,000
gptkbp:wavelengthPeak 1.9 mm
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cavalier_Marching_Band
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6