Astr 328 Apr 7 2003: Structure formation  

Cosmology: the story so far

What are the major observational constraints?

Structure formation: how do we get here from the smooth early universe?

Let's do the easy part (no messy astrophysics)

What do we start with, what assumptions?

Equations of continuity, motion, Poisson's eqn

Perturb equations

Differential equation for evolution of density perturbations

Simple case: Omega_m = 1

Fluctuations grow propoortionally to R

Simple case: empty universe to R