The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
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These lectures will attempt to convey the excitement and promise in studies of the microwave radiation left over from the early universe. They are aimed at an audience of experimental high energy physicists. The first lecture will concentrate on how the radiation is characterized, how it and its anisotropies are generated, and the physics that it reveals. The second lecture will concentrate on the techniques that are used in experiments, addressing the question of how such small signals can be detected so precisely in a regime of extremely low signal-to-noise. The third and final lecture will present the main thrusts in this field as foreseen for the coming decade. ∗Supported by the NSF
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