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The study of anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation is progressing at a phenomenal rate, both experimentally and theoretically. These anisotropies can teach us an enormous amount about the way that fluctuations were generated and the way they subsequently evolved into the clustered galaxies which are observed today. In particular, on sub-degree scales the rich structure in the anisotropy spectrum is the consequence of gravity-driven acoustic oscillations occurring before the matter in the universe became neutral. The frozen-in phases of these sound waves imprint a dependence on many cosmological parameters, that we may be on the verge of extracting.

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  1. Center for Particle Astrophysics and Department of Astronomy, University of California, 94720-7304, Berkeley, California, USA

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This essay received the third award from the Gravity Research Foundation, 1995-Ed.

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Scott, D., White, M. Echoes of gravity. Gen Relat Gravit 27, 1023–1030 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02148645

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