THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND

The Far InfraRed Absolute Spectrophotometer data are independently recalibrated using the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe data to obtain a cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature of 2.7260 ± 0.0013. Measurements of the temperature of the CMB are reviewed. The determination from the measurements from the literature is CMB temperature of 2.72548 ± 0.00057 K.

[1]  E. Wright,et al.  A precise measurement of the cosmic microwave background radiation temperature from CN observations toward Zeta Persei , 1990 .

[2]  M. Jura,et al.  A precise measurement of the cosmic microwave background temperature from optical observations of interstellar CN , 1985 .

[3]  T. Gaier,et al.  Cosmic background radiation anisotropy at degree angular scales - Further results from the South Pole , 1993 .

[4]  N. Mandolesi,et al.  Cosmic background radiation temperature at 2. 64 millimeters , 1989 .

[5]  Halpern,et al.  Rocket measurement of the cosmic-background-radiation mm-wave spectrum. , 1990, Physical review letters.

[6]  Frank J. Kerr,et al.  Atlas of Galactic Neutral Hydrogen , 1997 .

[7]  D. J. Fixsen,et al.  Calibrator Design for the COBE Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) , 1998, astro-ph/9810373.

[8]  Dale J. Fixsen,et al.  Calibration of the COBE FIRAS instrument , 1994 .

[9]  Edward J. Wollack,et al.  The Temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background at 10 GHz , 2004 .

[10]  D. J. Fixsen,et al.  The Cosmic Microwave Background spectrum from the full COBE FIRAS data set , 1996 .

[11]  E. M. Standish,et al.  Accuracy limit of modern ephemerides imposed by the uncertainties in asteroid masses , 2002 .

[12]  E. L. Wright,et al.  The COBE Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment Search for the Cosmic Infrared Background. II. Model of the Interplanetary Dust Cloud , 1997, astro-ph/9806250.

[13]  J. Dickey,et al.  H I in the Galaxy , 1990 .

[14]  A. Kogut,et al.  A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature at 7.5 GHz , 1992 .

[15]  Charles L. Bennett,et al.  COBE Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer Observations of Galactic Lines , 1999 .

[16]  N. Mandolesi,et al.  Cosmic background radiation temperature from CN absorption , 1986 .

[17]  Edward J. Wollack,et al.  Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Data Processing, Sky Maps, & Basic Results , 2008, 0803.0732.

[18]  D. Wilkinson,et al.  A 1 percent measurement of the temperature of the cosmic microwave radiation at lambda = 1.2 centimeters , 1987 .