The discussion centers on the history and prediction of cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature variations, specifically the measurement of anisotropies at a level of 1 part in 100,000. Participants explore the origins of these predictions, the contributions of various scientists, and the theoretical frameworks involved.
Participants express various viewpoints regarding the history and prediction of the CMB, with no clear consensus on the precedence of predictions or the specific contributions of different scientists. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the exact nature of the predictions and their historical context.
Some limitations include the potential for missing assumptions in the historical accounts, the dependence on specific definitions of predictions, and unresolved details regarding the publication dates of relevant works.
In the early 1960s, work on Brans–Dicke theory led Dicke to think about the early Universe, and with Jim Peebles he re-derived the prediction of a cosmic microwave background (having allegedly forgotten the earlier prediction of George Gamow and co-workers). Dicke, with David Todd Wilkinson and Peter G. Roll, immediately began building a Dicke radiometer to search for the radiation.
They were preceded by the accidental detection made by Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson (also using a Dicke radiometer), who were working at Bell Labs near Princeton.[11][12] Nevertheless, Dicke's group made the second clean detection, and their theoretical interpretation of Penzias and Wilson's results showed that theories of the early universe had moved from pure speculation into well-tested physics.[13][14]
No, I did find revisions to his cosmology primer "First Three Minutes" that include CMBr (rev 3) and significance of anisotropies (rev 6 ), not a peer reviewed pub but in the OP period of interest.windy miller said:Let me know if you find it thanks.