Cosmology: A Research Briefing


PANEL ON COSMOLOGY

DONALD C. SHAPERO, Director
ROBERT L. RIEMER, Senior Program Officer


BOARD ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

DONALD C. SHAPERO, Director
ROBERT L. RIEMER, Associate Director
DANIEL F. MORGAN, Program Officer
NATASHA A. CASEY, Program Assistant
STEPHANIE Y. SMITH, Project Assistant


COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND APPLICATIONS

NORMAN METZGER, Executive Director


CONTENTS

I. OVERVIEW

II. THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION

III. THE LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

IV. THE DISTANT UNIVERSE

V. PHYSICS OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE

VI. CONCLUSION

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING



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