CMB Observables and Their Cosmological Implications

Details CMB Observables and Their Cosmological Implications CMB Observables and Their Cosmological Implications

2000-06-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0006436v2

Astrophys.J.549:669,2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12pages, 11figs. Version accepted in ApJ. Several typos fixed including eqns (13,A22)

Scientific paper

10.1086/319449

We show that recent measurements of the power spectrum of cosmic microwave background anisotropies by BOOMERanG and MAXIMA can be characterized by four observables, the position of the first acoustic peak l_1= 206 pm 6, the height of the first peak relative to COBE normalization H_1= 7.6 pm 1.4, the height of the second peak relative to the first H_2 = 0.38 pm 0.04, and the height of the third peak relative to the first H_3 = 0.43 pm 0.07. This phenomenological representation of the measurements complements more detailed likelihood analyses in multidimensional parameter space, clarifying the dependence on prior assumptions and the specific aspects of the data leading to the constraints. We illustrate their use in the flat LCDM family of models, where we find Omega_m h^{3.8} > 0.079 (or nearly equivalently, the age of the universe t_0 < 13-14 Gyr) from l_1 and a baryon density Omega_b h^2 > 0.019, a matter density Omega_m h^2 < 0.42 and tilt n>0.85 from the peak heights (95% CL). With the aid of several external constraints, notably nucleosynthesis, the age of the universe and the cluster abundance and baryon fraction, we construct the allowed region in the (Omega_m,h) plane; it points to high h (0.6< h < 0.9) and moderate Omega_m (0.25 < Omega_m < 0.6).

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