CMBFAST
Encyclopedia
In physical cosmology
, CMBFAST is a computer code, written by Uros Seljak
and Matias Zaldarriaga
, for computing the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background. It was the first efficient program to do so, reducing the time taken to compute the anisotropy from several days to a few minutes by using a novel semi-analytic line-of-sight approach.
Physical cosmology
Physical cosmology, as a branch of astronomy, is the study of the largest-scale structures and dynamics of the universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its formation and evolution. For most of human history, it was a branch of metaphysics and religion...
, CMBFAST is a computer code, written by Uros Seljak
Uroš Seljak
Uros Seljak is a Slovenian cosmologist, a professor of physics at University of California, Berkeley and University of Zurich...
and Matias Zaldarriaga
Matias Zaldarriaga
Matias Zaldarriaga is an Argentine cosmologist. Born in Coghlan neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, at the present time he works in the Institute for Advanced Study located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. He is known especially for his work on the cosmic microwave background...
, for computing the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background. It was the first efficient program to do so, reducing the time taken to compute the anisotropy from several days to a few minutes by using a novel semi-analytic line-of-sight approach.