The Case of the Curved Universe: Open, Closed, or Flat?

Abstract

This is a short article on inflation, the geometry of the Universe, and the cosmic microwave background that appeared as a Perspective in Science magazine.

4 pages with two figures

References in corpus (2)

• Extracting Primordial Density Fluctuations
• What Can Cosmic Microwave Background Observations Already Say About Cosmological Parameters in Open and Critical-Density Cold Dark Matter Models?

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• Resolving the Cosmological Missing Energy Problem
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