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Massimo GiovanniniP
Centro Enrico Fermi, Italy
CERN, Switzerland
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A PRIMER ON THE PHYSICS OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND
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Preface
More than three score years ago, high-energy physicists were driven to
scrutinize the properties of the cosmic radiation then available (. cos-
mic rays). Today the same situation is