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The temperature anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background may be partially the imprint left by gravitational waves. Measuring the gravitational wave component and spectral shape of the anisotropy is a critical test of inflationary cosmology and theories of large-scale structure formation.
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This essay received the first award from the Gravity Research Foundation, 1993-Ed.
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Smoot, G.F., Steinhardt, P.J. Gravity's rainbow. Gen Relat Gravit 25, 1095–1100 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00763752
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