Tracing luminous and dark matter with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Abstract

I summarize the scientific goals and current status of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, briefly describe the Early Data Release, and discuss some recent scientific results obtained from commissioning data which are apposite to the distribution of luminous and dark matter in the Universe.

5 pages, to appear in "Where's the Matter? Tracing Dark and Bright Matter with the New Generation of Large Scale Surveys'', June 2001, Treyer & Tresse Eds, Frontier Group