2014.02.18 Microwave Background: Basking in the Afterglow of the Big Bang by Clement Pryke
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Café Scientifique with Clement Pryke, "Microwave Background-Basking in the Afterglow of the Big Bang" Recorded at the Bryant Lake Bowl on 02-18-14. "Cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the after glow from early times when the Universe was a smooth hot plasma. By studying the CMB we can learn much about the origin, contents and ultimate fate of the Universe; indeed, CMB studies are at the center of the current "golden age" of cosmology."
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