Testing universe flatness with probes

By Michael J Mortonson

Cosmological measurements of the average spatial curvature of the spacetime metric are one of only a handful of methods available for testing the inflationary paradigm for the early universe. Current observations are consistent with the inflationary prediction of a nearly flat universe. However, the precision of curvature measurements is only at the percent level at best (e.g., Eisenstein et al., 2005; Komatsu et al., 2009), whereas the expected level of curvature in standard inflationary scenarios is generally much smaller.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 7603638968
• ISBN13: 9787603638960
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Priya Publishers
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"