Observational Cosmology

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2004-02-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0402065v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

35 pages, 13 figures, talk given at Second Aegean Summer School on the Early Universe

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I discuss the classical cosmological tests-- angular size-redshift, flux-redshift, and galaxy number counts-- in the light of the cosmology prescribed by the intepretation of CMB anisotropies. The discussion is somewhat of a primer for physicists, with emphasis upon the possible systematic uncertainties in the observations and their interpretation. Given the curious composition of the Universe inherent in the emerging cosmological model, I stress the value of searching for inconsistencies rather than concordance, and suggest that the prevailing mood of triumphalism in cosmology is premature.

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