Inflation and the Cosmic Microwave Background

Details Inflation and the Cosmic Microwave Background Inflation and the Cosmic Microwave Background

2003-05-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305179v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

34 pages, 13 figures, contributed chapter to " Proceedings of the New Cosmology Summer School" edt. M. Colless, to be publishe

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I present a pedagogical review of inflation and the cosmic microwave background. I describe how a short period of accelerated expansion can replace the special initial conditions of the standard big bang model. I also describe the development of CMBology: the study of the cosmic microwave background. This cool (3 K) new cosmological tool is an increasingly precise rival and complement to many other methods in the race to determine the parameters of the Universe: its age, size, composition and detailed evolution.

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