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The Cosmological Constant Cosmic Inventory References Material used in section Cosmic Voyage Padmanabhan, After the First Three Minutes distance chart, page 5 local structure, page 94 wavelengths page, 48 wavelengths by J. Peacock (part of lecture notes, page 3) wavelengths getting through atmosphere, page 49 United States at night (for dark matter), NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Slide on CfA survey from lecture by J. Mohr Picture of Las Campanas Redshift Survey (LCRS) SDSS survey information (pictures) AA2dF picture Simulation of large scale structure from GADGET simulation of local universe See also simulations of nearby universe by MPA group, with galaxies included via a prescription Picture of simulation of walls, sheets, etc. from the Virgo consortium, see also this introductory page Overview Material Padmanabhan, After the First 3 minutes Also, Padmanabhan, Structure Formation in the Universe (techincal), pages 28-42. Observational techniques Scales: Cosmic Voyage and powers of 10 Basic structures: Summarized in this slide by J. Mohr, also see rest of this lecture here galaxies, groups and galaxy clusters page by thinkquest Local (Nearby) structure--the local group Collection of pages here Cosmology of the Local Group by G. Lake Large Scale Structure Mapping the Universe, Scientific American Article by S. Landy Current and future galaxy surveys by M. White Mapping Large Scale Structures in the Nearby Universe lecture by J. Mohr Large scale structure surveys underway: home pages of many groups are here Some links to large scale structure movies etc. (from class page of M. White). Fly-through of the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey Some online news articles Dark Matter Notes by M. White, collection of sites at bottom of page and and here and collection of sites by D. Scott. See also the dark matter essay at the Center for Particle Astrophysics Scientific American article by V. Rubin Mysterious dark matter at NCSA lecture on dark matter slides by M. Norman lecture on dark matter by dePoy. brief summary from astronomy 100 at UMass Amherst pages 22-35 in Perspectives in Astrophysical Cosmology by Martin Rees humorous flowchart for particle physics candidates for dark matter from around 1989 Dark Matter in the universe poster by L. Krauss some particle physics background: four fundamental forces by thinkquest Dark matter article by particle data group Dark Matter Lesson Plan by NASA's SEU forum at Sonoma State Composition of the Universe Composition of the Cosmos illustration from Space Telescope, also an animated movie from here News articles on missing matter and types of matter News articles on distant (early) objects Home Syllabus References Lecture References Useful Links Contact Info Back to cosmic inventory outline.