CMB Recombination Lines of Hydrogen: The Differential Spectrum

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Oct 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004astl...30..657d&link_type=abstract

Astronomy Letters, vol. 30, p. 657-662 (2004)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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We have calculated the distortions of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) spectrum in the wavelength range 2-50 cm due to the superposition of the CMB hydrogen recombination radiation in subordinate lines. The level populations were determined by numerically solving the equation of recombination kinetics together with the statistical equilibrium equations for a 60-level model hydrogen atom. The relative distortions are ~ 10-7-10-6, with their wavelength dependence having a low-contrast, wavy pattern. However, the contrast increases severalfold and becomes pronounced when passing to the differential distortion spectrum. We study the dependence of the distortions on cosmological parameters.

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