We study the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in cold and mixed dark matter (CDM and MDM) models, with non--scale-invariant primordial power spectra (i.e., n{\ne1) and a late, sudden reionization of the intergalactic medium at redshift zrh. We test these models against recent detections of CMB anisotropy at large and intermediate angular scales. We find that current CMB anisotropy measurements cannot discriminate between CDM and MDM models. Our likelihood analysis indicates that models with blue power spectra (n \~{}= 1.2) and a reionization at zrh \~{} 20 are most consistent with the anisotropy data considered here. Without reionization our analysis gives 1.0 \lt= n \lt= 1.26 (95\% confidence limit) for Omega b = 0.05. }
de Bernardis, P., Balbi, A., DE GASPERIS, G., Melchiorri, A., Vittorio, N. (1997). Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy at Degree Angular Scales and the Thermal History of the Universe. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 480, 1-1 [10.1086/303975].
Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy at Degree Angular Scales and the Thermal History of the Universe
BALBI, AMEDEO;DE GASPERIS, GIANCARLO;VITTORIO, NICOLA
1997-01-01
Abstract
We study the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in cold and mixed dark matter (CDM and MDM) models, with non--scale-invariant primordial power spectra (i.e., n{\ne1) and a late, sudden reionization of the intergalactic medium at redshift zrh. We test these models against recent detections of CMB anisotropy at large and intermediate angular scales. We find that current CMB anisotropy measurements cannot discriminate between CDM and MDM models. Our likelihood analysis indicates that models with blue power spectra (n \~{}= 1.2) and a reionization at zrh \~{} 20 are most consistent with the anisotropy data considered here. Without reionization our analysis gives 1.0 \lt= n \lt= 1.26 (95\% confidence limit) for Omega b = 0.05. }I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.