<i>Colloquium</i>: Measuring and understanding the universe

Wendy L. Freedman; Michael S. Turner

doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.75.1433

Colloquium: Measuring and understanding the universe

Wendy L. Freedman and Michael S. Turner

Rev. Mod. Phys. 75, 1433 – Published 10 November 2003

Abstract

Revolutionary advances in both theory and technology have launched cosmology into its most exciting period of discovery yet. Unanticipated components of the universe have been identified, promising ideas for understanding the basic features of the universe are being tested, and deep connections between physics on the smallest scales and on the largest scales are being revealed.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.75.1433

Authors & Affiliations

Wendy L. Freedman^*

Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara St., Pasadena, California 91101, USA

Michael S. Turner

Center for Cosmological Physics and the Departments of Astronomy & Astrophysics and of Physics, The University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60637-1433, USA,
NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, MS 209, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, Illinois 60510-0500, USA