@article{19b390c366ae4e30bcbbacd6317e4b6e,
title = "Large-scale structure: Entering the precision era",
abstract = "In recent years, the framework for a plausible theory of large-scale structure formation has emerged: primordial, quasi-scale-invariant perturbations from inflation, which subsequently grow by gravitational instability in a universe with a substantial component of cold dark matter. At the same time, with the development of large galaxy surveys, the precision of statistical measurements of large-scale structure has begun to improve rapidly. In the near future, a new generation of surveys, along with cosmic microwave background missions and other cosmological probes, will probe this structure formation paradigm and ultimately provide clues to the dynamics of inflation itself. This chapter highlights recent progress and expected future developments in our understanding of large-scale structure and in testing the inflationary scenario for its formation.",
keywords = "98.65. - r, 98.65.Dx, 98.80. - k",
author = "Frieman, {Joshua A.} and Szalay, {Alexander S.}",
note = "Funding Information: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is a joint project of The University of Chicago, Fermilab, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Japan Participation Group, The Johns Hopkins University, the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Princeton University, the United States Naval Observatory, and the University of Washington. Apache Point Observatory, site of the SDSS, is operated by the Astrophysical Research Consortium. Funding for the project has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the SDSS member institutions, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy, and Monbusho. The SDSS Web site is http://www.sdss.org/. For an overview of the project, see [68] . a wide-area survey of the sky being carried out with a dedicated 2.5 m telescope at Apache Point Observatory in southern New Mexico. Covering π sr centered on the north galactic cap, the SDSS will comprise a photometric (CCD) imaging survey of 10 8 objects in five wavebands, a magnitude-limited spectroscopic (redshift) survey of 10 6 galaxies and 10 5 quasars, and a nearly volume-limited redshift survey of 10 5 bright red galaxies. The southern SDSS will include repeated imaging of a ∼225 sq. deg. region, with photometry ∼2 magnitudes deeper than the main northern sample. Funding Information: This research is supported in part by the Department of Energy and by NASA Grant NAG5-7092 at Fermilab, by the Astrophysical Research Consortium at Chicago and Johns Hopkins, and by NSF AST 9802980 and NASA LTSA NAG653503 at Johns Hopkins. ",
year = "2000",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/S0370-1573(00)00045-4",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "333-334",
pages = "215--232",
journal = "Physics Report",
issn = "0370-1573",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "4-6",
}