http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.03375
The 2.725 K cosmic microwave background has played a key role in the development of modern cosmology by providing a solid observational foundation for constraining possible theories of what happened at very large redshifts and theoretical speculation reaching back almost to the would-be big bang initial singularity. After recounting some of the lesser known history of this area, I summarize the current observational situation and also discuss some exciting challenges that lie ahead: the search for B modes, the precision mapping of the CMB gravitational lensing potential, and the ultra-precise characterization of the CMB frequency spectrum, which would allow the exploitation of spectral distortions to probe new physics.
M. Bucher
Mon, 13 Jun 16
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Comments: 17 pages, 3 figures, Latex, conference proceeding based on talk at CosPA 2015 in Daejeon, South Korea in October 2015
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