Parameter Estimation from the CMB

• CMB overview I
• CMB overview II
• CMB Fluctuations
• CMB observed by WMAP
  
• Physical scales
• CMB Power Spectrum defined
• Example of predicted spectrum
• Power spectrum measurement pre-WMAP
• WMAP power spectrum
  
• Using the CMB power spectrum for cosmology
• What do the peaks tell us?
• Higher Peaks
• Polarization
  
• WMAP Year 3 Parameters (from Spergel et al 2006)