Large–scale structure from quantum fluctuations in the early universe

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Restricted accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Turner Michael S. 1999Large–scale structure from quantum fluctuations in the early universePhil. Trans. R. Soc. A.3577–20http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1999.0311SectionRestricted accessLarge–scale structure from quantum fluctuations in the early universe Michael S. Turner Michael S. Turner Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637–1433, USA Theoretical Astrophysics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510-0500, USA Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Michael S. Turner Michael S. Turner Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637–1433, USA Theoretical Astrophysics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510-0500, USA Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Published:15 January 1999https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1999.0311AbstractA better understanding of the formation of large–scale structure in the universe is arguably the most pressing question in cosmology. The most compelling and promising theoretical paradigm, inflation + cold dark matter, holds that the density inhomogeneities that seeded the formation of structure in the Universe originated from quantum fluctuations arising during inflation and that the bulk of the dark matter is slowing moving elementary particles (‘cold dark matter’) left over from the earliest fiery moments. Large redshift surveys (such as the SDSS and 2dF) and high–resolution measurements of cosmic microwave background radiation anisotropy (to be made by the MAP and Planck Surveyor satellites) have the potential to decisively test Inflation + cold dark matter and to open a window to the very early universe and fundamental physics. Previous ArticleNext Article VIEW FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD PDF FiguresRelatedReferencesDetailsCited by Koch C (2009) Free Will, Physics, Biology, and the Brain Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will, 10.1007/978-3-642-03205-9_2, (31-52), . Phillipps S, Driver S, Couch W, Fernandez-Soto A, Bristow P, Odewahn S, Windhorst R and Lanzetta K (2002) Morphological number counts and redshift distributions to I = 25 from the Hubble Deep Fields: constraints on cosmological models from early-type galaxies, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03872.x, 319:3, (807-812) Wu Y and Xiao W (2014) PROBING TOPOLOGICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN HIGH-DENSITY AND LOW-DENSITY REGIONS OF 2MASS WITH HEXAGON CELLS, The Astrophysical Journal, 10.1088/0004-637X/781/2/115, 781:2, (115) Jones D and Secrest J (2021) Construction and Characterization of Representations of SU(7) for GUT Model Builders, Symmetry, 10.3390/sym13061044, 13:6, (1044) This Issue15 January 1999Volume 357Issue 1750Discussion Meeting Issue ‘Large–scale structure in the Universe’ organized by G. P. Efstathiou, R. S. Ellis, J. E. Gunn and D. York Article InformationDOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1999.0311Published by:Royal SocietyPrint ISSN:1364-503XOnline ISSN:1471-2962History: Published online15/01/1999Published in print15/01/1999 License: Citations and impact Keywordslarge–scale structurecosmologymicrowave background radiationparticle physicsdark matterearly universe