The large-scale distribution of galaxies contains important information about the initial conditions in the early universe and how the cosmos has evolved since then. In particular, they help to unravel the nature of the dark energy that is accelerating the expansion of the Universe. Several new instruments will measure these large-scale structures with unprecedented accuracy over the coming years.
At the Café & Kosmos on May 14, Julia Stadler from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics will briefly present our theoretical understanding of the evolution of the universe and what we know so far about the formation of large-scale structures. Discuss with us how we can compare the theory with observations and thus make it more precise.