Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A, Volume 22, Issue 16-17, pp. 2697-2894 (2007).
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703730


WHY CMB PHYSICS?

Massimo Giovannini

Centro "Enrico Fermi", Via Panisperna 89/A, 00184 Rome, Italy
Department of Physics, Theory Division, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland


Abstract: The aim of these lectures is to introduce some basic problems arising in gravitation and modern cosmology. All along the discussion the guiding theme is provided by the phenomenological and theoretical properties of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). These lectures have been prepared for a regular Phd course of the University of Milan-Bicocca.

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