The cosmic microwave background radiation is a thermal radiation left over from the big bang. It fills the observable universe almost uniformly. The cosmic microwave background has a thermal blackbody spectrum at a temperature of 2.7 K. a) What is the wavelength at the maximum intensity of the spectrum of the background radiation? b) What is the total power incident on Earth from the background radiation

The cosmic microwave background radiation is a thermal radiation left over from the big bang. It fills the observable universe almost uniformly. The cosmic microwave background has a thermal blackbody spectrum at a temperature of 2.7 K. a) What is the wavelength at the maximum intensity of the spectrum of the background radiation? b) What is the total power incident on Earth from the background radiation

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Chapter44: Particle Physics And Cosmology

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