Recent Advances in Large-Scale Structure and Galaxy Formation Studies

Abstract

I review at the non-specialist level recent progress in the study of the large-scale structure of the Universe, covering the following areas: (1) Results from recently completed or ongoing redshift surveys of galaxies and X-ray clusters; (2) Measurements of the power spectrum of fluctuations approaching Gpc scales; (3) Redshift-space distortions and their cosmological use; (4) Structure at high redshifts and its connection to galaxy formation.

13 pages LateX, style file included, 7 PS figures. Invited review to appear in "Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics - TAUP2001", proc. of meeting held at LNGS, September 2001, Nucl.Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.), A. Bettini, A. Bottino & A. Di Credico eds., Elsevier