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Iron whiskers and ripples in the microwave background

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Thermalisation models of the cosmic microwave background which invoke the presence of iron whiskers are shown to be generally consistent with recently observed fluctuations in the intensity of this background.

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  1. School of Mathematics, University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK

    N. C. Wickramasinghe

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Wickramasinghe, N.C. Iron whiskers and ripples in the microwave background. Astrophys Space Sci 198, 161–163 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00644310

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