Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-12-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages including 4 figures. To appear in "Particle Physics and the Early Universe (COSMO-98)", editor David O. Caldwell (Amer
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.59445
In inflationary models with minimal amount of gravity waves, the primordial power spectrum of density fluctuations, $A_S^2(k)$, together with the basic cosmological parameters, completely specify the predictions for the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy and large scale structure. Here we show how we can strongly constrain both $A_S^2(k)$ and the cosmological parameters by combining the data from the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) and the galaxy redshift survey from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We allow $A_S^2(k)$ to be a free function, and thus probe features in the primordial power spectrum on all scales. MAP and SDSS have scale-dependent measurement errors that decrease in opposite directions on astrophysically interesting scales; they complement each other and allow the measurement of the primordial power spectrum independent of inflationary models, giving us valuable information on physics in the early Universe, and providing clues to the correct inflationary model.
Spergel David N.
Strauss Michael A.
Wang Yadong
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