The Case for LambdaCDM
Astrophysics
2008-02-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The case is simple: there is no compelling theoretical argument against a cosmological constant and LambdaCDM is the only CDM model that is consistent with all present observations. LambdaCDM has two noteworthy features: it can be falsified in the near future (the prediction q_0 sim -0.5 is an especially good test), and, if correct, it has important implications for fundamental physics.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9703161,
title = {The Case for LambdaCDM},
author = {Michael S. Turner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9703161},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
9 pages LaTeX with 5 eps figures. To be published in Critical Dialogues in Cosmology, edited by N. Turok (World Scientific). Revised version contains all five figures