Current constraints on Cosmological Parameters from Microwave Background Anisotropies

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2003-02-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302361v1

Phys.Rev. D67 (2003) 081302

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

The status of cosmological parameters before WMAP. In press on Phys. Rev. D., Rapid Communication, 6 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.67.081302

We compare the latest observations of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Anisotropies with the theoretical predictions of the standard scenario of structure formation. Assuming a primordial power spectrum of adiabatic perturbations we found that the total energy density is constrained to be $\Omega_{tot}=1.03\pm0.06$ while the energy density in baryon and Cold Dark Matter (CDM) are $\Omega_bh^2=0.021\pm0.003$ and $\Omega_{cdm}h^2=0.12\pm0.02$, (all at 68% C.L.) respectively. The primordial spectrum is consistent with scale invariance, ($n_s=0.97\pm0.04$) and the age of the universe is $t_0=14.6\pm0.9$ Gyrs. Adding informations from Large Scale Structure and Supernovae, we found a strong evidence for a cosmological constant $\Omega_{\Lambda}=0.70_{-0.05}^{+0.07}$ and a value of the Hubble parameter $h=0.69\pm0.07$. Restricting this combined analysis to flat universes, we put constraints on possible 'extensions' of the standard scenario. A gravity waves contribution to the quadrupole anisotropy is limited to be $r \le 0.42$ (95% c.l.). A constant equation of state for the dark energy component is bound to be $w_Q \le -0.74$ (95% c.l.). We constrain the effective relativistic degrees of freedom $N_\nu \leq 6.2$ and the neutrino chemical potential $-0.01 \leq \xi_e \leq 0.18$ and $|\xi_{\mu,\tau}|\leq 2.3$ (massless neutrinos).

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