Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-06-18
Phys.Rev.D68:083501,2003
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 7 figures. Replaced with version accepted by Physical Review D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.083501
We place new constraints on sources of ionizing and resonance radiation at the epoch of the recombination process using the recent CMB temperature and polarization spectra coming from WMAP. We find that non-standard recombination scenarios are still consistent with the current data. In light of this we study the impact that such models can have on the determination of several cosmological parameters. In particular, the constraints on curvature and baryon density appear to be weakly affected by a modified recombination scheme. However, it may affect the current WMAP constraints on inflationary parameters like the spectral index and its running. Physically motivated models, like those based on primordial black hole or super heavy dark matter decay, are able to provide a good fit to the current data. Future observations in both temperature and polarization will be needed to more stringently test these models.
Bean Rachel
Melchiorri Alessandro
Silk Joe
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