Real or virtual large-scale structure?

Authors
Evrard, AE
Citation
Ae. Evrard, Real or virtual large-scale structure?, P NAS US, 96(8), 1999, pp. 4228-4231
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISSN journal
00278424 → ACNP
Volume
96
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
4228 - 4231
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(19990413)96:8<4228:ROVLS>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Modeling the development of structure in the universe on galactic and large r scales is the challenge that drives the field of computational cosmology. Here, photorealism is used as a simple, yet expert, means of assessing the degree to which virtual worlds succeed in replicating our own.