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The State of the Universe: Cosmological Parameters 2002

Astrophysics 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

In the past decade, observational cosmology has had one of the most exciting periods in the past century. The precision with which we have been able to measure cosmological parameters has increased tremendously, while at the same time, we have been surprised beyond our wildest dreams by the results. I review here recent measurements of the expansion rate, geometry, age, matter content, and equation of state of the universe, and discuss the implications for our understanding of cosmology.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0301012,
  title  = {The State of the Universe: Cosmological Parameters 2002},
  author = {Lawrence M. Krauss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0301012},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

20 pages, To appear in Proceedings, ESO-CERN-ESA Symposium on Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics, March 2002. Typo in final table fixed