scholarly journals Maps of the Cosmos: The Cosmic Microwave Background

2005 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Lyman A. Page
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
The State ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Standard Model

Since the IAU XXIV meeting in 2000, the CMB anisotropy has matured from being one of a number of cosmological probes to forming the bedrock foundation for what is now the standard model of cosmology. The large advances over the past three years have come from making better and better maps of the cosmos. We review the state of measurements of the anisotropy and outline some of what we have learned since 2000. The recent advancements may be placed roughly into three categories: 1) What we learn from the CMB with minimal input from other cosmic measurements such as the Hubble constant; 2) What we learn from the CMB in combination with other probes of large scale structure; and 3) What we learn by using the CMB as a back light. Future directions are also discussed. It is clear: we have much more to learn from the CMB anisotropy.

scholarly journals Inflation physics from the cosmic microwave background and large scale structure

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.N. Abazajian ◽  
K. Arnold ◽  
J. Austermann ◽  
B.A. Benson ◽  
C. Bischoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Microwave Background

scholarly journals Cosmology from large-scale structure

2020 ◽  
Vol 633 ◽  
pp. L10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tilman Tröster ◽  
Ariel. G. Sánchez ◽  
Marika Asgari ◽  
Chris Blake ◽  
Martín Crocce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Bayes Factor ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Shape Information ◽  
Galaxy Clustering ◽  
Cosmological Constraints

We reanalyse the anisotropic galaxy clustering measurement from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), demonstrating that using the full shape information provides cosmological constraints that are comparable to other low-redshift probes. We find Ωm = 0.317+0.015−0.019, σ8 = 0.710±0.049, and h = 0.704 ± 0.024 for flat ΛCDM cosmologies using uninformative priors on Ωch2, 100θMC, ln1010As, and ns, and a prior on Ωbh2 that is much wider than current constraints. We quantify the agreement between the Planck 2018 constraints from the cosmic microwave background and BOSS, finding the two data sets to be consistent within a flat ΛCDM cosmology using the Bayes factor as well as the prior-insensitive suspiciousness statistic. Combining two low-redshift probes, we jointly analyse the clustering of BOSS galaxies with weak lensing measurements from the Kilo-Degree Survey (KV450). The combination of BOSS and KV450 improves the measurement by up to 45%, constraining σ8 = 0.702 ± 0.029 and S8 = σ8 Ωm/0.3 = 0.728 ± 0.026. Over the full 5D parameter space, the odds in favour of a single cosmology describing galaxy clustering, lensing, and the cosmic microwave background are 7 ± 2. The suspiciousness statistic signals a 2.1 ± 0.3σ tension between the combined low-redshift probes and measurements from the cosmic microwave background.

scholarly journals Constraints on neutrino-dark matter interactions from cosmic microwave background and large scale structure data

2010 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Serra ◽  
Federico Zalamea ◽  
Asantha Cooray ◽  
Gianpiero Mangano ◽  
Alessandro Melchiorri
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Structure Data ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Microwave Background

scholarly journals The Weird Side of the Universe: Preferred Axis

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 1760009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Zhao ◽  
Larissa Santos
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Directional Statistics ◽  
Temperature Anisotropy ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cosmological Observations ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Universe

In both WMAP and Planck observations on the temperature anisotropy of cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation a number of large-scale anomalies were discovered in the past years, including the CMB parity asymmetry in the low multipoles. By defining a directional statistics, we find that the CMB parity asymmetry is directional dependent, and the preferred axis is stable, which means that it is independent of the chosen CMB map, the definition of the statistic, or the CMB masks. Meanwhile, we find that this preferred axis strongly aligns with those of the CMB quadrupole, octopole, as well as those of other large-scale observations. In addition, all of them aligns with the CMB kinematic dipole, which hints to the non-cosmological origin of these directional anomalies in cosmological observations.

Cosmology with the CMB

1997 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
pp. 377-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. Smoot
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Space Missions ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
New Space ◽  
Great Step ◽  
Precision Cosmology

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation provides a means to test the standard model of cosmology and determine its parameters with precision. Cosmology has made a great step forward with the observations and discoveries of the COBE satellite. These were followed with a series of observations and progress via ballon-borne and ground-based instrumentation. Now NASA and ESA have selected and approved new space missions: MAP and COBRAS/SAMBA (now named Planck) which may nearly reach the full potential of CMB observations.

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