학술논문

Detecting Harmonics in the Heavenly Music.
Document Type
Article
Source
Scientific American. Aug2005, Vol. 293 Issue 2, p53-53. 1p. 1 Color Photograph, 6 Diagrams.
Subject
*COSMIC background radiation
*HARMONIC functions
*TEMPERATURE
*ASTROPHYSICAL radiation
*DIFFERENTIAL equations
Language
ISSN
0036-8733
Abstract
Reports on the efforts of scientists to detect harmonics in the universe. How cosmic microwave background (CMB) researchers study fluctuations in temperature measured in all directions in the sky; Analyzing of fluctuations in terms of mathematical functions called spherical harmonics; Details of "notes"; Difficulty in drawing spherical harmonics.