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The Road to Precision Cosmology

Michael S. Turner

Abstract

The past 50 years has seen cosmology go from a field known for the errors being in the exponents to precision science. The transformation, powered by ideas, technology, a paradigm shift and culture change, has revolutionized our understanding of the Universe, with the $Λ$CDM paradigm as its crowning achievement. I chronicle the journey of precision cosmology and finish with my thoughts about what lies ahead.

arXiv comments
Submitted to Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. To appear in volume 32; doi: 10.1146/annurev-nucl-111119-041046. Comments and suggestions welcome
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DOI
doi:10.1146/annurev-nucl-111119-041046
Subjects
astro-ph.COCosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics gr-qcGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology hep-phHigh Energy Physics, Phenomenology

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    • "The Road to Precision Cosmology" is a good summary of how we ended up with the current theories: https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.04741

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    • For deep background, Michael S. Turner just published a nice review of the past 50 years of cosmology, from when the "errors were in the exponents" ;) The Road to Precision Cosmology https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.04741

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