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数据约束再电离及其对宇宙学参数的影响

Data-constrained reionization and its effects on cosmological parameters

Stefania Pandolfi, Andrea Ferrara, T. Roy Choudhury, Alessandro Melchiorri, Sourav Mitra

摘要:

我们进行了最近的WMAP 7数据的分析,考虑物理动机和可行的再电离方案的目的是评估其对宇宙学参数测定的影响。主要的创新点是:(i)CMB数据与类星体吸收线实验的天体物理结果的结合,(ii)宇宙学和天体物理参数的联合变化[控制自由电子分数x_e(z)的演化]。包括一个现实的,数据约束的再电离历史的分析诱导通过标准的WMAP 7分析推导出的宇宙学参数值的明显变化。特别值得注意的是Omega_bh^2 = 0.02258^{+0.00057}_{-0.00056}(WMAP 7)与Omega_bh^2$ = 0.02183 \pm 0.00054(WMAP 7 + ASTRO)之间的变化,以及标量谱指数的新约束,其中WMAP 7 + ASTRO在大于3σ时排除了Harrison-Zel'dovich值n_s=1。最后,E. S。光学深度值相对于标准WMAP 7显著降低,即τ_{e}=0.080 \pm 0.012。我们的结论是,包括天体物理数据集,允许强大的约束再电离的历史,在宇宙学参数的提取过程中导致相对重要的差异,在最终确定其值。

英文摘要:

We perform an analysis of the recent WMAP7 data considering physically motivated and viable reionization scenarios with the aim of assessing their effects on cosmological parameter determinations. The main novelties are: (i) the combination of CMB data with astrophysical results from quasar absorption line experiments; (ii) the joint variation of both the cosmological and astrophysical [governing the evolution of the free electron fraction x_e(z)] parameters. Including a realistic, data-constrained reionization history in the analysis induces appreciable changes in the cosmological parameter values deduced through a standard WMAP7 analysis. Particularly noteworthy are the variations in Omega_bh^2 = 0.02258^{+0.00057}_{-0.00056} (WMAP7) vs. Omega_bh^2$ = 0.02183\pm 0.00054 (WMAP7 + ASTRO), and the new constraints for the scalar spectral index, for which WMAP7 + ASTRO excludes the Harrison-Zel'dovich value n_s=1 at more than 3σ. Finally, the e.s. optical depth value is considerably decreased with respect to the standard WMAP7, i.e. τ_{e}=0.080\pm 0.012. We conclude that the inclusion of astrophysical datasets, allowing to robustly constrain the reionization history, in the extraction procedure of cosmological parameters leads to relatively important differences in the final determination of their values.

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