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The Road to Precision Cosmology

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2022-01-14 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The past 50 years has seen cosmology go from a field known for the errors being in the exponents to precision science. The transformation, powered by ideas, technology, a paradigm shift and culture change, has revolutionized our understanding of the Universe, with the Λ\LambdaCDM paradigm as its crowning achievement. I chronicle the journey of precision cosmology and finish with my thoughts about what lies ahead.

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@article{arxiv.2201.04741,
  title  = {The Road to Precision Cosmology},
  author = {Michael S. Turner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.04741},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Submitted to Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. To appear in volume 32; doi: 10.1146/annurev-nucl-111119-041046. Comments and suggestions welcome

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