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waynehu

Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of Chicago

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Intro to Cosmology [243] Cosmology I [legacy 321] Cosmology II [321] Current Topics [282] Galaxies and Universe [242] Radiative Processes [305] Research Preparation [307] GR Perturbation Theory [408] CMB [448] Cosmic Acceleration [449]

Spatial Curvature and Cosmological Constant

Spatial curvature and dark energy both change the angular diameter distance to recombination and hence shift the angular location of the peaks left and right. Both also cause an ISW effect from late time evolution of gravitational potentials.