The First Cosmic Structures and their Effects
arXiv:astro-ph/0409018 · doi:10.1007/s11214-005-3592-0
Abstract
Despite much recent theoretical and observational progress in our knowledge of the early universe, many fundamental questions remain only partially answered. Here, we review the latest achievements and persisting problems in the understanding of first cosmic structure formation.
130 pages, 40 figures. Updated version of the review appeared in 2005, Space Science Reviews, 116, 625. In this submission, several figures were compressed, resulting in a reduction in quality. A postscript file with the full figures is available at http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/~ciardi/download.html