Doppler peaks and all that: CMB anisotropies and what they can tell us
Max Tegmark
Abstract
The power spectrum of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) depends on most of the key cosmological parameters. Accurate future measurements of this power spectrum might therefore allow us to determine h, Omega, Omegab, Lambda, n, T/S, etc, with hitherto unprecedented accuracy. In these lecture notes, which are intended to be readable without much prior CMB knowledge, I review the various physical processes that generate CMB fluctuations, focusing on how changes in the parameters alters the shape of the power spectrum. I also discuss foregrounds and real-world data analysis issues and how these affect the accuracy with which the parameters can be measured.
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