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Query: Status of Cosmological Parameters: Can $\Omega=1$?   I discuss the Hubble parameter $H_0$, the age of the universe $t_0$, the
density $\Omega_0$, and the cosmological constant $\Lambda$. To focus the
discussion, I concentrate on the issue of the value of the density $\Omega_0$
in currently popular cosmological models in which most of the dark matter is
cold, especially Cold + Hot Dark Matter (CHDM) and flat low- $\Omega$ CDM with
a Cosmological Constant ($\Lambda$CDM). The evidence would favor a small
$\Omega_0 \approx 0.3$ if (1) the Hubble parameter actually has the high value
$h \approx 0.8$ favored by many observers, and the age of the universe $t_0
\geq 13$ Gy; or (2) the baryonic/total mass ratio in clusters is actually $\sim
20$\%, about 3-4 times larger than expected for standard Big Bang
Nucleosynthesis in an $\Omega=1$ universe, and standard BBN is actually right
in predicting that the density of ordinary matter $\Omega_b$ lies in the range
$0.009 \leq \Omega_b h^2 \leq 0.02$. The evidence would favor $\Omega=1$ if (1)
the POTENT analysis of galaxy peculiar velocity data is right, in particular
regarding outflows from voids or the inability to obtain the present-epoch
non-Gaussian density distribution from Gaussian initial fluctuations in a
low-$\Omega$ universe; or (2) the preliminary report from LSND indicating a
neutrino mass $\geq 2.4$ eV is right, since that would be too much hot dark
matter to allow significant structure formation in a low-$\Omega$ $\Lambda$CDM
model. Statistics on gravitational lensing of quasars provide a strong upper
limit on $\Lambda$. Reliable data on all of these issues is becoming available
so rapidly today that a clear decision between these alternatives may be
possible within the next few years.

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The categories of this paper are: cond-mat
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ex
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The categories of this paper are: gr-qc
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The categories of this paper are: chao-dyn
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The categories of this paper are: bayes-an
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: funct-an
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The categories of this paper are: nlin
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The categories of this paper are: plasm-ph
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The categories of this paper are: acc-phys