Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2012-01-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
20 pages, 3 figures, 1 table
Scientific paper
A new method is proposed to measure the Hubble constant H0 through the mean transmitted flux observed from high redshift quasars. A semi-analytical model for the cosmological-independent volume density distribution function is adopted which allows one to obtain constraints over the cosmological parameters once a moderate knowlegde of the InterGalactic Medium (IGM) parameters is assumed. By assuming a flat LCDM cosmology, we show that such method alone cannot provide good constraints on the pair of free parameters (h, Omega_m). However, it is possible possible to break the degeneracy on the mass density parameter by applying a joint analysis involving the baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs). Our analysis based on two different samples of Lyman-alpha forest restricts the parameters on the intervals 0.58 < h < 0.91 and 0.215 < Omega_m < 0.245 (1 sigma). Although the constraints are weaker comparatively to other estimates, we point out that with a bigger sample and a better knowledge of the IGM this method may present competitive results to measure the Hubble constant independently of the cosmic distance ladder.
Busti Vinicius C.
Guimaraes Rodney Nascimento
Lima Jose A. S.
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