Concept information
Preferred term
Sachs-Wolfe effect
Definition
- The Sachs–Wolfe effect, named after Rainer K. Sachs and Arthur M. Wolfe, is a property of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB), in which photons from the CMB are gravitationally redshifted, causing the CMB spectrum to appear uneven. This effect is the predominant source of fluctuations in the CMB for angular scales larger than about ten degrees. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachs%E2%80%93Wolfe_effect)
Broader concept
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-V235FSRN-M
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