CMB and BAO (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

CMB and BAO

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Anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background, originating when the universe was less than 400,000 years old, are directly related to variations in the density of galaxies as observed today.

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NERSC, Berkeley Cosmology Group

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