Back to the article index

Article Contents

ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.COSMOLOGICAL STRUCTURE FORMATION

2.1.Basics of the Big Bang

2.2.Linear Perturbation Theory

2.3.Primordial density fluctuations

2.4.The transfer function

2.5.Beyond linear theory

2.6.Models of structure formation

3.OBSERVATIONAL PROSPECTS

3.1.Redshift surveys

3.2.The Galaxy Power-spectrum

3.3.The abundances of objects

3.4.High-redshift clustering

3.5.Higher-order Statistics

3.6.Peculiar Motions

3.7.Gravitational Lensing

3.8.The Cosmic Microwave Background

4.TESTING COSMOLOGICAL GAUSSIANITY

4.1.Fourier Description of Cosmological Density Fields

4.2.The Bispectrum and Phase Coupling

4.3.Visualizing and Quantifying Phase Information

5.BIAS AND HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING

5.1.Hierarchical Clustering

5.2.Local Bias

5.3.Halo Bias

5.4.Progress on Biasing

6.DISCUSSION

REFERENCES