paper

The COBE Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment Search for the Cosmic Infrared Background: IV. Cosmological Implications

arXiv:astro-ph/9806129 · doi:10.1086/306382

Abstract

In this paper we examine the cosmological constraints of the recent DIRBE and FIRAS detection of the extragalactic background light between 125-5000 microns on the metal and star formation histories of the universe.

38 pages and 9 figures. Accepted for publications in The Astrophysical Journal

The COBE Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment Search for the Cosmic Infrared Background: IV. Cosmological Implications · wovepaper