The Physics of Microwave Background Anisotropies

Abstract

Cosmic microwave background anisotropies provide a vast amount of cosmological information. Their full physical content and detailed structure can be understood in a simple and intuitive fashion through a systematic investigation of the individual mechanisms for anisotropy formation.

Based in part on astro-ph/9504057, expanded as a review for Nature, additional material can be found at http://www.sns.ias.edu/~whu/physics/physics.html including an HTML tour, 19pgs. TeX, 6 color ps figures included

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