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宇宙微波弱透镜数据作为对暗宇宙的检验

Cosmic Microwave Weak lensing data as a test for the dark universe

Erminia Calabrese, Anze Slosar, Alessandro Melchiorri, George F. Smoot, Oliver Zahn

摘要:

结合WMAP三年和ACBAR宇宙微波各向异性角功率谱的分析,给出了引力透镜>3 σ的证据。这个信号可以为宇宙学提供一个相关的测试。在根据新的WMAP 5年数据评估和确认探测的统计显著性之后,我们约束了一个新的参数A_L,该参数缩放透镜势,使得A_L=0对应于未透镜化,而A_L=1是预期的透镜化结果。我们从WMAP 5 +ACBAR中发现了一个2.5 σ的指示,表明透镜效应的贡献大于预期,在95%置信度下A_L=3.1_{-1.5}^{+1.8}。结果是稳定的假设下,不同的模板为一个额外的Sunyaev-Zel'dovich前景组件或包括一个额外的背景宇宙弦。我们发现与其他宇宙学参数的相关性可以忽略不计,例如,大质量中微子的能量密度。虽然可能存在未知的系统,但暗能量或修改的重力模型可能是功率谱过于平滑的原因。在不久的将来,最值得注意的是来自普朗克卫星任务的数据,将仔细研究这种有趣的可能性。

英文摘要:

Combined analyses of WMAP 3-year and ACBAR Cosmic Microwave Anisotropies angular power spectra have presented evidence for gravitational lensing >3 sigma level. This signal could provide a relevant test for cosmology. After evaluating and confirming the statistical significance of the detection in light of the new WMAP 5-year data, we constrain a new parameter A_L that scales the lensing potential such that A_L=0 corresponds to unlensed while A_L=1 is the expected lensed result. We find from WMAP5+ACBAR a 2.5 sigma indication for a lensing contribution larger than expected, with A_L=3.1_{-1.5}^{+1.8} at 95% c.l.. The result is stable under the assumption of different templates for an additional Sunyaev-Zel'dovich foreground component or the inclusion of an extra background of cosmic strings. We find negligible correlation with other cosmological parameters as, for example, the energy density in massive neutrinos. While unknown systematics may be present, dark energy or modified gravity models could be responsible for the over-smoothness of the power spectrum. Near future data, most notably from the Planck satellite mission, will scrutinize this interesting possibility.

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