Sentences with phrase «understanding of background radiation»

Reactor neutrino detection at HFIR necessitates a detailed understanding of background radiation fields.

Not exact matches

The discovery provides new and exciting information that could better our understanding of some astrophysics, including how certain galaxies obtain their shapes [4]; how intergalactic space becomes enriched with heavy elements [5]; and even from where unexplained cosmic infrared background radiation may arise [6].

The latest study of the afterglow of the big bang — the so - called cosmic microwave background radiation — confirms even more precisely the standard model of cosmology — and that's a victory for the theory — but it leaves researchers with no discrepancies that might point to a deeper understanding.

«If you really believe our number — and we have shed blood, sweat and tears to get our measurement right and to accurately understand the uncertainties — then it leads to the conclusion that there is a problem with predictions based on measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation, the leftover glow from the Big Bang,» said Alex Filippenko, a UC Berkeley professor of astronomy and co-author of a paper announcing the discovery.

We show that the background radiation can be well understood only in terms of the spontaneous emission of the molecules.