2004/09/09 by Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Tarun Souradeep
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/bf02705202
published as Pramana63:817-828,2004 · 13 pages, 3 figures, Latex style files included, To appear in the proceedings of ICGC-04. Minor rewording in the abstract and introduction
arxiv created 2004/09/09 · openalex publication_date 2004/10/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Observational cosmology has indeed made very rapid progress in recent years. The ability to quantify the universe has largely improved due to observational constraints coming from structure formation. The transition to precision cosmology has been spearheaded by measurements of the anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) over the past decade. Observations of the large scale structure in the distribution of galaxies, high red-shift supernova, have provided the required complementary information. We review the current status of cosmological parameter estimates from joint analysis of CMB anisotropy and large scale structure (LSS) data. We also sound a note of caution on overstating the successes achieved thus far.