Reionization in an open cdm universe: implications for cosmic microwave background fluctuations

Details Reionization in an open cdm universe: implications for cosmic microwave background fluctuations Reionization in an open cdm universe: implications for cosmic microwave background fluctuations

1994-05-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9405042v2

Astrophys.J.441:458-464,1995

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

17 pages, incl 7 figures. Stone-age postscript replaced by LATeX. Latest version at http://www.sns.ias.edu/~max/openreion.html

Scientific paper

10.1086/175371

We generalize previous work on early photoionization to CDM models with Omega<1. Such models have received recent interest because the excess power in the large-scale galaxy distribution is phenomenologically fit if the ``shape parameter" Gamma=h Omega_0 is about 0.25. It has been argued that such models may require early reionization to suppress small-scale anisotropies in order to be consistent with experimental data. We find that if the cosmological constant lambda=0, the extent of this suppression is quite insensitive to Omega_0. Given a sigma_8-normalization today, the loss of small-scale power associated with a lower Omega_0 is partially canceled by higher optical depth from longer lookback times and by structures forming at higher redshifts before the universe becomes curvature-dominated. The maximum angular scale on which fluctuations are suppressed decreases when Omega_0 is lowered, but this effect is also rather weak and unlikely to be measurable in the near future. For flat models, on the other hand, where lambda_0 = 1-Omega_0, the negative effects of lowering Omega_0 dominate, and early reionization is not likely to play a significant role if Omega_0<<1. The same applies to CDM models where the effective Gamma is lowered by increasing the number of relativistic particle species.

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