CMB and inflation: The Report from Snowmass 2001

Nov, 2001
19 pages
Published in:
  • eConf C010630 (2001) P406
Contribution to:
e-Print:
Report number:
  • SNOWMASS-2001-P406

Citations per year

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Abstract: (arXiv)
Astrophysical observations provide the best evidence of physics beyond the particle physicists' standard model. Over the past decade, the case has solidified for inflation, dark energy, dark matter and massive neutrinos. In this report we focus on inflation and dark energy as constrained by the CMB--first the evidence from current observations and then what we can expect to learn in the future. High energy physicists can contribute to the succesful realization of this future, both observationally and theoretically.
  • inflation
  • dark energy
  • cosmic background radiation
  • cosmic radiation: polarization
  • temperature: anisotropy
  • space-time: perturbation
  • oscillation: acoustic
  • data analysis method
  • numerical calculations: interpretation of experiments
  • bibliography