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SUMMARY:The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: The 
 Final Results - Eiichiro Komatsu ( Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik )
DTSTART:20130130T141500Z
DTEND:20130130T151500Z
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CONTACT:Dr Dorigoni
DESCRIPTION:The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)\, the fossil light of th
 e Big Bang\, is the oldest light that one can ever hope to observe in our 
 Universe. The CMB provides us with a direct image of the Universe when it 
 was still an "infant" - 380\,000 years old. The Wilkinson Microwave Anisot
 ropy Probe (WMAP) has mapped the microwave sky in five frequency bands for
  nine years since 2001\, creating a full-sky CMB map with the unprecedente
 d precision. The WMAP data have enabled us to obtain a wealth of cosmologi
 cal information\, such as the composition\, age\, geometry\, and history o
 f the Universe. Yet\, can we go further and learn about the primordial uni
 verse\, when it was much younger than 380\,000 years old\, perhaps as youn
 g as a tiny fraction of a second? If so\, this gives us a hope to test com
 peting theories about the origin of the Universe at ultra high energies. I
 n this talk\, we will review the physics of CMB and the WMAP mission\, pre
 sent the basic results from nine years of observations\, and discuss their
  cosmological implications.
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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