S8 Tension
- New research highlights the role of clumpiness—or matter distribution—in understanding the universe’s fundamental nature.
- The early universe, observed via the cosmic microwave background (CMB), was remarkably smooth with slight density variations (1 in 100,000).
- Over time, gravity amplified these fluctuations into today’s galaxies, clusters, and dark matter filaments.
- Scientists quantify this matter clustering using a parameter called Sigma 8 (S8)—higher S8 means more clumpiness, lower S8 means more uniformity.
- Disagreement between values of S8 derived from CMB data and cosmic-shear surveys has created the so-called S8 tension.
- The study confirms that ordinary matter movements alone cannot explain the discrepancy; the ....
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