Abstract
Three aspects of an observer’s early universe are discussed: primordial helium abundance as determined from observations of blue compact galaxies; the small-scale structure of the microwave background radiation as measured with the VLA; and the distribution of objects along lines of sight to distant QSOs determined from observations of Lyman-alpha and metal-line absorption systems.
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Wall, J.V. (1988). The Early Universe — An Observer’s View. In: Unruh, W.G., Semenoff, G.W. (eds) The Early Universe. NATO ASI Series, vol 219. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4015-4_10
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