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What have we learnt from Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe?

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It has been a little over a year since WMAP produced its dramatic new glimpse of the cosmic microwave background. I review the results of the WMAP mission and the science that has arisen from it, focusing on the qualitatively new features of the data: the temperature-polarization correlation, correlations with large scale structure, the large-scale power deficit and its implications, and the search for non-Gaussianity.

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Crittenden, R.G. What have we learnt from Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe?. Pramana - J Phys 63, 829–836 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02705203

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