Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-06-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 4 postscript figures, to be published in the Proceedings of the Conference ``Advances in solid state physics 2004''
Scientific paper
Cosmic structures at large scales represent the earliest and most extended form of matter condensation. In this lecture we review the application of the methods and concepts of modern statistical physics to these structures. This leads to a new perspective in the field which can be tested by the many new data which are appearing in the near future. In particular, galaxy structures show fractal correlation up to the present observational limits. The cosmic microwave background radiation, which should trace the initial conditions from which these structures have emerged through gravitational dynamics, is instead extremely smooth. Understanding the relation between the complex galaxy structures and the smooth microwave background radiation represents an extremely challenging problem in the field of structure formation.
Pietronero Luciano
Sylos Labini Francesco
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