The cosmic neutrino background and effects of Rayleigh scattering on the CMB and cosmic structure

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation, photons free-streaming from their last scattering surface at redshift around 1090, is currently our main source of information about the origin and history of the Universe. The vast recent advancement in technology has led to new possibilities for gat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alipour Khayer, Elham
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/55132