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Absolute measurements of the cosmic-background radiation at low frequencies

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The search for distortions in the spectral distribution of the cosmicbackground radiation is a potential source of information about the process of energy injections which accompanied the evolution of our Universe fromZ = 106 to the present epoch. In spite of theoretical expectations, so far no definite distortion has been detected. We present a program of new observations at frequencies near and below 1 GHz, where strong distortions are, in principle, possible.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitä, Via Celoria 16, 201S3, Milano, Italia

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Presented at the Second Italian-Korean Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics held at the University of Rome and in Limone Piemonte in July 1989.

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Sironi, G., Celora, L. Absolute measurements of the cosmic-background radiation at low frequencies. Nuovo Cim B 105, 1031–1039 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02741573

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