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The Beauty and Basics of BAO

Bassett, B. (2009). The Beauty and Basics of BAO. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/09070039

Bruce Bassett University of Cape Town

Talk numberPIRSA:09070039
DOI10.48660/09070039
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

The Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) are the latest weapon in the quest for precision cosmology and dark energy. Many presentations on BAO are complicated and unclear and I will therefore present BAO with particular emphasis on trying to give the simplest theoretical description, both at the linear and nonlinear level, and will describe some of the observational challenges to measuring BAO.