THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE): MISSION DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE
- E. Wright, P. Eisenhardt, Chao-Wei Tsai
- Physics
- 30 July 2010
The all sky surveys done by the Palomar Observatory Schmidt, the European Southern Observatory Schmidt, and the United Kingdom Schmidt, the InfraRed Astronomical Satellite, and the Two Micron All Sky…
NINE-YEAR WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE (WMAP) OBSERVATIONS: COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETER RESULTS
- G. Hinshaw, D. Larson, E. Wright
- Physics
- 20 December 2012
We present cosmological parameter constraints based on the final nine-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) data, in conjunction with a number of additional cosmological data sets. The…
The Spitzer Space Telescope Mission
- M. Werner, T. Roellig, D. Cruikshank
- Physics
- 9 June 2004
The Spitzer Space Telescope, NASA's Great Observatory for infrared astronomy, was launched 2003 August 25 and is returning excellent scientific data from its Earth-trailing solar orbit. Spitzer…
First-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Preliminary Maps and Basic Results
- C. Bennett, M. Halpern, Ssai
- Physics
- 11 February 2003
We present full-sky microwave maps in five frequency bands (23-94 GHz) from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) first-year sky survey. Calibration errors are less than 0.5%, and the low…
A Cosmology Calculator for the World Wide Web
- E. Wright
- Physics
- 20 September 2006
A cosmology calculator that computes times and distances as a function of redshift for user‐defined cosmological parameters has been made available online. This paper gives the formulae used by the…
SEVEN-YEAR WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE (WMAP) OBSERVATIONS: POWER SPECTRA AND WMAP-DERIVED PARAMETERS
- D. Larson, J. Dunkley, E. Wright
- Physics
- 26 January 2010
The WMAP mission has produced sky maps from seven years of observations at L2. We present the angular power spectra derived from the seven-year maps and discuss the cosmological conclusions that can…
Three-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Implications for Cosmology
- D. Spergel, R. Bean, E. Wright
- Physics
- 9 March 2006
A simple cosmological model with only six parameters (matter density, Ωmh2, baryon density, Ωbh2, Hubble constant, H0, amplitude of fluctuations, σ8, optical depth, τ, and a slope for the scalar…
The Cosmic Microwave Background Spectrum from the Full COBE FIRAS Data Set
We have refined the analysis of the data from the FIRAS (Far-InfraRed Absolute Spectrophotometer) on board the COBE (COsmic Background Explorer). The FIRAS measures the difference between the cosmic…
SEVEN-YEAR WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE (WMAP) OBSERVATIONS: SKY MAPS, SYSTEMATIC ERRORS, AND BASIC RESULTS
- N. Jarosik, C. Bennett, E. Wright
- Physics
- 26 January 2010
New full-sky temperature and polarization maps based on seven years of data from WMAP are presented. The new results are consistent with previous results, but have improved due to reduced noise from…
Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Data Processing, Sky Maps, & Basic Results
- G. Hinshaw, J. Weiland, E. Wright
- Physics
- 5 March 2008
We present new full-sky temperature and polarization maps in five frequency bands from 23 to 94 GHz, based on data from the first five years of the WMAP sky survey. The new maps are consistent with…
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