David Wilkinson's Publications

  • D. T. Wilkinson and H. R. Crane, A Precision Measurement of the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Free Electron, Phys. Rev. 130, 852, 1963.
  • C. O. Alley, P. L. Bender, R. H. Dicke, J. E. Faller, P. A. Franken, H. H. Plotkin and D. T. Wilkinson, Optical Radar Using a Corner Reflector on the Moon, J. Geophys. Res. 70, 2267, 1965.
  • R. H. Dicke, P. J. E. Peebles, P. G. Roll and D. T. Wilkinson, Cosmic Black Body Radiation, Astrophys. J. 142, 414, 1965.
  • P. G. Roll and D T. Wilkinson, Cosmic Background Radiation at 3. 2 cm -Support for Cosmic Black-body Radiation, Phys. Rev. Letters 16, 405, 1966
  • R. B. Partridge and D. T. Wilkinson, Isotropy and Homogeneity of the Universe from Measurements of the Microwave Background Radiation, Phys. Rev. Letters 18, 557, 1967.
  • P. J. E. Peebles and D. T. Wilkinson, The Primeval Fireball, Scientific American, June 1967, p. 28.
    R. B. Partridge and D. T. Wilkinson, On Large-Scale Density Inhomogeneities in the Universe, Nature 215, 719, 1967.
  • P. G. Roll and D. T. Wilkinson, Measurement of Cosmic Background Radiation at 3.2 cm Wavelength, Annals of Physics 44, 289, 1967.
  • R. A. Stokes, R. B. Partridge and D. T. Wilkinson, New Measurememnts of the Cosmic Microwave Background at ? =3D 3.2 cm and ? =3D 1.58 cm - -Evidence in Support of a Blackbody Spectrum, Phys. Rev. Letters 19, 1199-1202, 1967.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background at 8.56 mm Wavelength, Phys. Rev. Letters 19, 1195-1198, 1967
  • P. E. Boynton, R. A. Stokes and D. T. Wilkinson, Primeval Fireball Intensity at ? =3D 3.3 mm, Phys. Rev. Letters 21, 462, 1968.
  • P.J. E. Peebles and D. T. Wilkinson, Comment on the Anisotropy of the Primeval Fireball, Phys. Rev. 174, 2168, 1968.
  • P. J. E. Peebles and D. T. Wilkinson, A Chronicle of the Primeval Fireball Discovery, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 13, 569, 1968.
  • P. E. Boynton, E. J. Groth, R. B. Partridge and D. T. Wilkinson, Precision Measurement of the Frequency Decay of the Crab Nebula Pulsar, NP 0532, Astrophys. J. 157 , L 197-L201, September, 1969.
  • C. O. Alley, R. F. Chang, D. G. Currie, S. K. Poultney, P. L. Bender, R. H. Dicke, D. T. Wilkinson, J. E. Faller, W. M. Kaula, G. J. F. MacDonald, J. D. Mulholland, H. H. Plotkin, W. Carrion and E. J. Wampler, Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector: Continuing Measurements and Expected Results, Science 167, 458-460, January 30, 1970.
  • E. J. Groth, D. P. Hutchinson, G. P. Nanos and D. T. Wilkinson, Frequency Jump of the Crab Pulsar, NP 0532, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., February, 1971.
  • W. F. Baron, D. W. McCarthy, Jr. and D. T. Wilkinson, Primeval Fireball Polarization, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., February, 1971.
     
  • E. J. Groth, D. P. Hutchinson, G. P. Nanos and D. T. Wilkinson, Long Term Time Dependence of the Crab Pulsar Frequency, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., February, 1971.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Pulsar Timing, Ann. of the N. Y. Acad. Of Sci. 187, 114--124, January 25, 1972.
  • P. E. Boynton, E. J. Groth, D. P. Hutchinson, G. P. Nanos, R. B. Partridge, and D. T. Wilkinson, Optical Timing of the Crab Pulsar, NP 0532, Astrophys. J. 175, 217-241, July 1, 1972.
  • R. Dube, E. J. Groth, L. Rudnick and D. T. Wilkinson, Search for Radio Pulses from the Galactic Center, Nature Physical Science 245, No. 141, 17-18, September 10, 1973.
  • P. L. Bender, D. G. Currie, R. H. Dicke, D. H. Eckhardt, J. E. Faller, W. M. Kaula, J. D. Mulholland, H. H. Plotkin, S. K. Poultney, E. C. Silverberg, D. T. Wilkinson, J. G. Williams and C. O. Alley, The Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment, Science 182, 229-238, October 19, 1973.
  • L. Rudnick, E. J. Groth and D. T. Wilkinson, Search for Intergalactic Plasma by Measuring the Dispersion of Broadband Radio Fluctuations, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., January 29, 1973.
  • M. Davis and D. T. Wilkinson, Primeval Galaxies at Large Redshift, Ap. J. 192, 251, 1974.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, P. E. Boynton, E. J. Groth and R. B. Partridge, Timing of Optical Pulses from the Crab Nebula Pulsar, proceedings of the I.A.U. Symposium, 1971, Davies and Smith Eds., Reidel Publishing Co., Holland, pp. 119-124, 1974.
  • E. D. Loh and D. T. Wilkinson, A Cooled Fairchild CCD as an Astronomical Detector, Imaging in Astronomy, FB5, Cambridge, Mass., 1975.
  • J. G. Williams, R. H. Dicke, P. L. Bender, C. O. Alley, W. E. Carter, D. G. Currie, D. H. Eckhardt, J. E. Faller, W. M. Kaula, J. D. Mulholland, H. H. Plotkin, S. K. Poultney, P.J. Shelus, E. C. Silverberg, W. S. Sinclair, M. A. Slade, and D. T. Wilkinson, New Test of the Equivalence Principle from Lunar Laser Ranging, Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 551, 1976.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, The Universe as a Natural Laboratory, The Science Teacher 44, 17, February 1977.
  • R. R. Dube, WO C. Wickes, and D. T. Wilkinson, Extragalactic Background Light at 5100 A, Astrophys. J. 215, L51-L52, July 15, 1977.
  • R. R. Dube, W. C. Wickes and D. T. Wilkinson, Upper Limit on the Extragalactic Background Light, Ap. J. 232, 333-340, September 1, 1979.
  • E. S. Cheng, P. R. Saulson, D. T. Wilkinson and B. E. Corey, Large-Scale Anisotropy in the 2.7 K Radiation, Astrophys. J. Ltrs. 232, L139-L143, September 15, 1979.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, The Primeval Radiation Longward of 3 mm, Physica Scripta 21, 606-609, 1980, proceedings of conference on The Universe at High Redshift, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, June 25-29, 1979.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, The Primeval and Radiation Spectrum Longward of 3 mm, Physica Scripta 21, 606-609, 1980.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Comments on Experimental Relativity in Some Strangeness in the Proportion: A Centennial Svmposium to Celebrate the Achievements of Albert Einstein, ed. Harry Woolf, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., 137-141, 1980.
  • S. P. Boughn, E. S. Cheng and D. T. Wilkinson, Dipole and Quadrupole Anisotropy of the 2.7 K Radiation, Astrophys. J. Ltrs. 243, L 113-L117, 1981.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Measuring the Large-Scale Anisotropy in the Microwave Background, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A307, 55-65, 1982.
  • Juan M. Uson and D. T. Wilkinson, Search for Small-Scale Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background, Phys. Rev. Ltrs. 49, 1463-1465, 1982.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Measuring the Large-Scale Anisotropy in the Microwave Background Radiation, in THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE: 17th RENCONTRE DE MORIOND, ed. J. Audouze and J. Tran Thanh Van, editions Frontieres, 159-173, (France), 1982.
  • M.Bautz, E. Loh and D. T. Wilkinson, CCD Photometry of Two Distant Clusters, Astrophys. J. 255, 57-64, 1982.
  • D. J. Fixsen, E. S. Cheng and D. T. Wilkinson, Large-Scale Anisotropy in the 2.7 K Radiation with a Balloon-Borne Maser Radiometer at 24.5 GHz, Phys. Rev. Ltrs. 50, No. 8, 620-622, Feb. 21, 1983.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Large-Scale Anisotropy at Centimeter Wavelengths, in EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE AND ITS PRESENT STRUCTURE, eds. G. O. Abell and G. Chincarini, IAU Symposium No. 104, D. Reidel Publ. Co., 143-148, 1983.
  • J. M. Uson and D. T. Wilkinson, New Limits on Small-Scale Anisotropy in the Microwave Background, Astrophys. J. Ltrs. 277, L1-L3, Feb. 1, 1984.
  • R. J. Dewey, J. M. Uson, J. M. Weisberg, 3 1 2, D. T. Wilkinson and A. A. Stark, Search for 12CO Emission at High Galactic Latitude, Astron. J. 88, No. 12, 1832-1834, Dec., 1983.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Background Radiation in the Universe, in Proceedings of the First ESO-CERN Symposium, CERN, Geneva, eds. G. Setti and L. Van Hove, Nov., 1983.
  • D. T. Wilkinson and P. J. E. Peebles, Discovery of the 3=B0K Radiation, i=n SERENDIPITIOUS DISCOVERES IN RADIO ASTRONOMY, eds. K. Kellermann and B. Sheets, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Publishers, 175-184, May, 1983.
  • J. M. Uson and D. T. Wilkinson, Small-Scale Isotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background, Astrophys. J. 283, 471-478, 1984.
  • J. M. Uson and D. T. Wilkinson, Improved Limits on Small-Scale Anisotropy in Cosmic Microwave Background, Nature 312, 427-429, 1985.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Anisotropies in the 2.7 K Cosmic Radiation, INNER SPACE OUTER SPACE, Fermilab Conference, eds. E. W. Kolb, M. S. Turner, D. Lindley, K. Olive and D. Seckel, University of Chicago Press, 126-132, 1986.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Anisotropy of the Cosmic Blackbody Radiation, Science 232, 1517-1522, 1986
  • D. T. Wilkinson (Chairman of the Panel for) Graviation, Cosmology, and Cosmic-Ray Physics; Phvsics Through the 1990's, National Academy Press, April, 1986.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Measurement of the Microwave Background Radiation, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A320, 595-607, 1986.
  • D. G. Johnson and D. T. Wilkinson, A 1% Measurement of the Temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Radiation at ? =3D 1.2 Centimeters, Astrophys. J. Ltrs. 313, L1-L4, Feb. 1, 1987.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Measurements of Cosmic Microwave Radiation, 1987, 13th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, ed. M. L. Ulmer (Singapore: World Scientific) p. 209.
  • P. T. Timbie and D. T. Wilkinson, Low-Noise Interferometer for Microwave Radiometry, Rev. Sci. Instru. 59, 914-920, 1988.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Recent Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Radiation, LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES OF THE UNIVERSE, J. Audouze, et al., eds. IAU Publishers, 7-14, 1988.
  • J. M. Uson and D. T. Wilkinson, The Microwave Background Radiation, Chapter 14, GALACTIC AND EXTRAGALACTIC RADIO ASTRONOMY, eds. G. L. Verschuur and K. I. Kellermann with the assistance of E. Bouton, 2nd Edition, Springer-Verlag, pp. 603-639, 1988.
  • D. T. Wilkinson, Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Radiaton, PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS: FOREFRONT EXPERIMENTAL ISSUES, ed. Eric B. Norman, World Scientific, pp. 111-119, 1988.
  • P. T. Timbie and D. T. Wilkinson, A Search for Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Radiation at Medium Angular Scales, Astrophys. J. 353, 140-144, April 10, 1990
  • J. C. Mather, et al., A Preliminary Measurement of the Cosrnic Microwave Background Spectrum by the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) Satellite, Ap. J. Ltrs. 354, L37-L40, May 10, 1990
  • G. Smoot, et al., COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers: Instrument Design and Implementation, Astrophys. J. 360, 685-695, Sept. 10, 1990
  • D. T. Wilkinson and P. J. E. Peebles, Discovery of the 3=B0K Radiation, i= n THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND 25 YEARS LATER, eds. N. Mandolesi and N. Vittorio, pp. 17-31, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1990
  • J. C. Mather, et al., Early Results from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), Advanced Space Research 11, No. 2, (2)181-(2)191, 1991
  • J. C. Mather, et al., First Results from the COBE Satellite Measurement of the Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, Advanced Space Research 11, No. 2, (2)193-(2)205, 1991
  • G. F. Smoot, et al., Preliminary Results from the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers: Large-Angular Scale Isotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background, Astrophys. J. 371, L1-L5, April 10, 1991
     
  • D. T. Wilkinson, The Dicke Radiometer and Cosmic Radiation, proceedings 1991 EEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, Publisher IEEE, New York, NY, pp. 399-401, June, 1991
  • G. F. Smoot, et al., Preliminary DMR Measurements of the CMB Isotropy, in "After the First Three Minutes", eds. S. S. Holt, C. L. Bennett, and V. Trimble (AIP: New York), pp. 95-106, 1991
  • E. L. Wright, et al., Preliminary Spectral Observations of the Galaxy with a 7 Degree Beam by the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), Astrophys. J. 381, 200-209, 1991
  • S. Staggs and D. Wilkinson, Post-COBE Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background Spectrum, in "After the First Three Minutes", eds. S. S. Holt, C. L. Bennett, and V. Trimble (AIP: New York), pp. 85-92, 1991
  • D. Wilkinson, Measuring the CMR Spectrum Before and After COBE, in "Physical Cosmology", eds. A. Blanchard, L. Celnikier, M. Lachieze-Rey and J. Tran Thanh Van, (Editions Frontieres: France), pp. 95-104, 1991 C. L. Bennett, et al., COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers: Calibration Techniques, Astrophys. J. 391, 466-482, 1992
  • G. F. Smoot, et al., Structure in the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer First-Year Maps, Astrophys. J. 396, L1-L5, 1992
  • C. L Bennett, et al., Preliminary Separations of Galactic and Cosmic Microwave Emission for the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer, Astrophys. J. 396, L7-L12, 1992
  • E. L. Wright, et al., Interpretation of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Anisotropy Detected by the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer, Astrophys. J. 396, L13-L18, 1992
  • N. W. Boggess, et al., The COBE Mission: Its Design and Performance Two Years After Launch, Astrophys. J. 397, 420-429, 1992
  • A. Kogut, et al., COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers (DMR): Preliminary Systematic Error Analysis, Astrophys. J. 401, 1-18, 1992
  • A. Kogut, et al., Dipole Anisotropy in the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers First-Year Sky Maps, ApJ. 419, p.1, 1993
  • E. J. Wollack, N. C. Jarosik, C. B. Netterfield, L. A. Page, D. Wilkinson, A Measurement of the Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at Degree Angular Scales, ApJ. Ltrs., 419, p. L49-L52, 1993
  • E. J. Wollack, et al., A Measurement of the Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at Degree Angular Scales, Astrophys. J. Ltrs. 419, L49-L52, 1993
  • J. C. Mather, et al., Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Spectrum by the COBE FIRAS Instrument, Astrophys. J. 420, 439-444, 1994
  • D. J. Fixsen, et al., Cosmic Microwave Background Dipole Spectrum Measured by the COBE FIRAS Instrument, Astrophys. J. 420, 445-449, 1994
  • D. J. Fixsen, et al., Calibration of the COBE FIRAS Instrument, Astrophys. J. 420, 457-473, 1994
  • C. L. Bennett, et al., Cosmic Temperature Fluctuations from Two Years of COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers Observations, Astrophys. J. 436, 423, 1994
  • C. B. Netterfield, N. Jarosik, L. Page, D. Wilkinson, E. Wollack, The Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background at Degree Angular Scales, Astrophys. J. Ltrs. 445, L69-L72, June 1, 1995
  • S. Staggs, et al., A Measurement of the Cosmic Background Spectrum at 1.4 GHz, Astro. Ltrs. and Communicatons 32, 3-6, 1995
  • E. Wollack, et al., A Degree-Scale Measurement of the Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background, Astro. Ltrs. and Communciations, 32, 217-222, 1995
  • A Warning Label for Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Experiments, in Particle Physics and Cosmology, eds. A. Astbury, B. A. Campbell, W. Israel, F. C. Khanna, D. Page and J. L. Pinfold, proceedings of the Ninth Lake Louise Winter Institute, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, 20-26 February 1994, World Scientific Publ. Co., pp. 110-125 (1995).
  • S. T. Staggs, N. C. Jarosik, D. T. Wilkinson, E. J. Wollack, An Absolute Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Temperature at 20 Centimeters, Astrophys. J. 458, 407-418, 1996
  • C. L. Bennett, et al., Four Year COBE DMR Cosmic Microwave Background Observations Maps and Basic Results, Astrophys. J. Ltrs. 464, L1-L4, 1996
  • E. J. Wollack, M. Devlin, N. C. Jarosik, C. B. Netterfield, L. Page, D. Wilkinson, An Instrument for Investigation of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at Intermediate Angular Scales, ApJ., 476 p. 440, 1997
     
  • The Microwave background anisotropies: Observations, The Age of the Universe, Dark Matter, and Structure Formation, Proceedings from a National Academy Colloquium, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, p.29-34, 1998.
     
  • M. G. Hauser, et al., The COBE Infrared Background Experiment Search for the Cosmic Infrared Background. I. Limits and Detections, ApJ., 508, pp. 25-43, 1998
     
  • The Microwave Background Anisotropies: Observations, (Princeton U.), Published in Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 95: 29-34, 1998
     
  • with L. Page, Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, Rev. Mod. Phys. 71, S173-S179, 1999. Special APS Centenary Issue.
     
  • with J. M. Mather, D. J. Fixsen, R. A. Shafer, and C. Mosier Calibrator Design for the COBE Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS), Astrophys. J. 512, 511-520, 1999.
     
  • with P.J.E. Peebles Discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background, Physica Scripta T85, 136-141, 2000.
     
  • with P.J.E. Peebles Research at the Interface of Astronomy and Physics. Millenium Essay, Publ. Astron. Soc. of the Pacific, 112, 1141 -1144, 2000.
     
  • Publications in Books: Advancing Our Knowledge of the Universe, Carving Our Destiny: Scientific Research Faces a New Millenium, Ed.S. M. Fitzpatrick and J. T. Bruer,  Joseph Henry Press