The Road to Precision Cosmology [CEA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.04741


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 $\Lambda$CDM 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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M. Turner
Fri, 14 Jan 22
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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