2004/06/08 by L. Pietronero, Luciano Pietronero, Francesco Sylos Labini · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #COSMIC cancer database #Computer science #Cosmic ray #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Scientific Research and Discoveries #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/9789812701558_0010
12 pages, 4 postscript figures, to be published in the Proceedings of the Conference ``Advances in solid state physics 2004'' DPG Spring Meeting 2004 in Regensburg, Volume 44, Springer-Verlag (Berlin, 2004)
arxiv created 2004/06/08 · openalex publication_date 2005/09/01 · arxiv updated 2017/08/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
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.