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Large-scale structure in the Universe

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A variety of observations constrain models of the origin of large-scale cosmic structures. Enough observational data have accumulated to constrain (and perhaps determine) the power spectrum of primordial density fluctuations over a very large range of scales, independently of the particular cosmogonical theory assumed. Observations in the near future should be able to weed out many such theories.

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