Measuring our Universe from Galaxy Redshift Surveys
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT UK ; Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA UK.
Abstract:
Galaxy redshift surveys have achieved significant progress over the last couple of decades. Those surveys tell us in the most straightforward way what our local Universe looks like. While the galaxy distribution traces the bright side of the Universe, detailed quantitative analyses of the data have even revealed the dark side of the Universe dominated by non-baryonic dark matter as well as more mysterious dark energy (or Einstein's cosmological constant). We describe several methodologies of using galaxy redshift surveys as cosmological probes, and then summarize the recent results from the existing surveys. Finally we present our views on the future of redshift surveys in the era of precision cosmology.
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