Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998aas...19310901w&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 193rd AAS Meeting, #109.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 30, p.1417
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
The existence of primordial adiabatic Gaussian random-phase density fluctuations is a generic prediction of inflation. The properties of these fluctuations are completely specified by their power spectrum A_S(2(k)) . The basic cosmological parameters and the primordial power spectrum together completely specify predictions for the cosmic microwave background radiation 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. If we assume that the cosmological parameters are known a priori and that galaxy bias is linear and scale-independent, and neglect non-linear redshift distortions, the primordial power spectrum in 20 steps in log k to k<= 0.5hMpc(-1) can be determined to ~ 16% accuracy for k ~ 0.01hMpc(-1) , and to ~ 1% accuracy for k ~ 0.1hMpc(-1) . The uncertainty in the primordial power spectrum increases by a factor up to 3 on small scales if we solve simultaneously for the dimensionless Hubble constant h, the cosmological constant Λ, the baryon fraction Omega_b , the reionization optical depth tau_ {ri}, and the effective bias between the matter density field and the redshift space galaxy density field b_eff. Alternately, if we restrict A_S(2(k)) to be a power law, we find that inclusion of the SDSS data breaks the degeneracy between the amplitude of the power spectrum and the optical depth inherent in the MAP data, significantly reduces the uncertainties in the determination of the matter density and the cosmological constant, and allows a determination of the galaxy bias parameter. Thus, combining the MAP and SDSS data allows the independent measurement of important cosmological parameters, and a 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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