Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background and Implications for Cosmology and Large Scale Structure

摘要

Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) are discussed, withparticular emphasis on current ground-based experiments and on futuresatellite, balloon and interferometer experiments. Observational techniques andthe effects of contaminating foregrounds are highlighted. Recent CMB data isused with large scale structure (LSS) data to constrain cosmological parametersand the complementary nature of CMB, LSS and supernova distance data isemphasized.