scholarly journals Sensitivity forecasts for the cosmological recombination radiation in the presence of foregrounds

2020 ◽  
Vol 497 (4) ◽  
pp. 4535-4548
Author(s):  
Luke Hart ◽  
Aditya Rotti ◽  
Jens Chluba
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Spectral Structure ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
Recombination Radiation ◽  
Cosmological Recombination ◽  
Higher Sensitivity ◽  
Recombination Dynamics

ABSTRACT The cosmological recombination radiation (CRR) is one of the inevitable Lambda cold dark matter spectral distortions of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). While it shows a rich spectral structure across dm-mm wavelengths, it is also one of the smallest signals to target. Here, we carry out a detailed forecast for the expected sensitivity levels required to not only detect but also extract cosmological information from the CRR in the presence of foregrounds. We use CosmoSpec to compute the CRR including all important radiative transfer effects and modifications to the recombination dynamics. We confirm that detections of the overall CRR signal are possible with spectrometer concepts like SuperPIXIE. However, for a real exploitation of the cosmological information, an ≃ 50 times more sensitive spectrometer is required. While extremely futuristic, this could provide independent constraints on the primordial helium abundance, Yp, and probe the presence of extra relativistic degrees of freedom during BBN and recombination. Significantly improving the constraints on other cosmological parameters requires even higher sensitivity (another factor of ≃5) when considering a combination of a CMB spectrometer with existing CMB data. To a large part, this is due to astrophysical foregrounds which interestingly do not degrade the constraints on Yp and Neff as much. A future CMB spectrometer could thus open a novel way of probing non-standard BBN scenarios, dark radiation and sterile neutrinos. In addition, inflation physics could be indirectly probed using the CRR in combination with existing and forthcoming CMB anisotropy data.

scholarly journals Hemispherical variance anomaly and reionization optical depth

2020 ◽  
Vol 499 (3) ◽  
pp. 3563-3570
Author(s):  
Márcio O’Dwyer ◽  
Craig J Copi ◽  
Johanna M Nagy ◽  
C Barth Netterfield ◽  
John Ruhl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Depth ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Parameter Uncertainties ◽  
Polarization Data ◽  
Best Fitting

ABSTRACT Cosmic microwave background (CMB) full-sky temperature data show a hemispherical asymmetry in power nearly aligned with the Ecliptic, with the Northern hemisphere displaying an anomalously low variance, while the Southern hemisphere appears consistent with expectations from the best-fitting theory, Lambda Cold Dark Matter (ΛCDM). The low signal-to-noise ratio in current polarization data prevents a similar comparison. Polarization realizations constrained by temperature data show that in ΛCDM the lack of variance is not expected to be present in polarization data. Therefore, a natural way of testing whether the temperature result is a fluke is to measure the variance of CMB polarization components. In anticipation of future CMB experiments that will allow for high-precision large-scale polarization measurements, we study how the variance of polarization depends on ΛCDM-parameter uncertainties by forecasting polarization maps with Planck’s Markov chain Monte Carlo chains. We show that polarization variance is sensitive to present uncertainties in cosmological parameters, mainly due to current poor constraints on the reionization optical depth τ, which drives variance at low multipoles. We demonstrate how the improvement in the τ measurement seen between Planck’s two latest data releases results in a tighter constraint on polarization variance expectations. Finally, we consider even smaller uncertainties on τ and how more precise measurements of τ can drive the expectation for polarization variance in a hemisphere close to that of the cosmic-variance-limited distribution.

Combining simulations and physical observations to estimate cosmological parameters

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Higdon ◽  
Katrin Heitmann ◽  
Charles Nakhleh ◽  
Salman Habib
Keyword(s):  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Statistical Framework ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Computationally Intensive ◽  
Diverse Data ◽  
The Universe

This article focuses on the use of a Bayesian approach that combines simulations and physical observations to estimate cosmological parameters. It begins with an overview of the Λ-cold dark matter (CDM) model, the simplest cosmological model in agreement with the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and largescale structure analysis. The CDM model is determined by a small number of parameters which control the composition, expansion and fluctuations of the universe. The present study aims to learn about the values of these parameters using measurements from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Computationally intensive simulation results are combined with measurements from the SDSS to infer about a subset of the parameters that control the CDM model. The article also describes a statistical framework used to determine a posterior distribution for these cosmological parameters and concludes by showing how it can be extended to include data from diverse data sources.

scholarly journals Cosmological Constraints on Mirror Matter Parameters

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Paolo Ciarcelluti ◽  
Quentin Wallemacq
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Dark Matter ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Linear Regime ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Cosmological Constraints ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
Mirror Matter

Up-to-date estimates of the cosmological parameters are presented as a result of numerical simulations of cosmic microwave background and large scale structure, considering a flat Universe in which the dark matter is made entirely or partly of mirror matter, and the primordial perturbations are scalar adiabatic and in linear regime. A statistical analysis using the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method allows to obtain constraints of the cosmological parameters. As a result, we show that a Universe with pure mirror dark matter is statistically equivalent to the case of an admixture with cold dark matter. The upper limits for the ratio of the temperatures of ordinary and mirror sectors are around 0.3 for both the cosmological models, which show the presence of a dominant fraction of mirror matter,0.06≲Ωmirrorh2≲0.12.

scholarly journals Cosmic microwave background constraints on secret interactions among sterile neutrinos

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (07) ◽  
pp. 038-038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Forastieri ◽  
Massimiliano Lattanzi ◽  
Gianpiero Mangano ◽  
Alessandro Mirizzi ◽  
Paolo Natoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos

scholarly journals Testing the warmness of dark matter

2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (1) ◽  
pp. 1406-1414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suresh Kumar ◽  
Rafael C Nunes ◽  
Santosh Kumar Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Λcdm Model ◽  
Cosmological Data

ABSTRACT Dark matter (DM) as a pressureless perfect fluid provides a good fit of the standard Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM) model to the astrophysical and cosmological data. In this paper, we investigate two extended properties of DM: a possible time dependence of the equation of state of DM via Chevallier–Polarski–Linder parametrization, wdm = wdm0 + wdm1(1 − a), and the constant non-null sound speed $\hat{c}^2_{\rm s,dm}$. We analyse these DM properties on top of the base ΛCDM model by using the data from Planck cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization anisotropy, baryonic acoustic oscillations (BAOs), and the local value of the Hubble constant from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We find new and robust constraints on the extended free parameters of DM. The most tight constraints are imposed by CMB+BAO data, where the three parameters wdm0, wdm1, and $\hat{c}^2_{\rm s,dm}$ are, respectively, constrained to be less than 1.43 × 10−3, 1.44 × 10−3, and 1.79 × 10−6 at 95 per cent CL. All the extended parameters of DM show consistency with zero at 95 per cent CL, indicating no evidence beyond the CDM paradigm. We notice that the extended properties of DM significantly affect several parameters of the base ΛCDM model. In particular, in all the analyses performed here, we find significantly larger mean values of H0 and lower mean values of σ8 in comparison to the base ΛCDM model. Thus, the well-known H0 and σ8 tensions might be reconciled in the presence of extended DM parameters within the ΛCDM framework. Also, we estimate the warmness of DM particles as well as its mass scale, and find a lower bound: ∼500 eV from our analyses.

Imaging the Cosmic Microwave Background with the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver

2005 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
J. B. Peterson ◽  
A. K. Romer ◽  
P. L. Gomez ◽  
P. A. R. Ade ◽  
J. J. Bock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Spectrum ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Galaxy Cluster ◽  
Clusters Of Galaxies ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Bolometer Array ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Millimeter Wave Receiver ◽  
Array Receiver

The Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (Acbar) is a multifrequency millimeter-wave receiver optimized for observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in clusters of galaxies. Acbar was installed on the 2.1 m Viper telescope at the South Pole in January 2001 and the results presented here incorporate data through July 2002. The power spectrum of the CMB at 150 GHz over the range ℓ = 150 — 3000 measured by Acbar is presented along with estimates for the values of the cosmological parameters within the context of ΛCDM models. The inclusion of ΩΛ greatly improves the fit to the power spectrum. Three-frequency images of the SZ decrement/increment are also presented for the galaxy cluster 1E0657–67.

scholarly journals Can assembly bias explain the lensing amplitude of the BOSS CMASS sample in a Planck cosmology?

2020 ◽  
Vol 493 (4) ◽  
pp. 5551-5564
Author(s):  
Sihan Yuan ◽  
Daniel J Eisenstein ◽  
Alexie Leauthaud
Keyword(s):  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Bias Parameter ◽  
Projected Clustering ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Satellite Velocity ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
Best Fitting ◽  
Galaxy Assembly ◽  
Halo Occupation Distribution

ABSTRACT In this paper, we investigate whether galaxy assembly bias can reconcile the 20–40 ${{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ disagreement between the observed galaxy projected clustering signal and the galaxy–galaxy lensing signal in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey CMASS galaxy sample. We use the suite of abacuscosmos lambda cold dark matter simulations at Planck best-fitting cosmology and two flexible implementations of extended halo occupation distribution (HOD) models that incorporate galaxy assembly bias to build forward models and produce joint fits of the observed galaxy clustering signal and the galaxy–galaxy lensing signal. We find that our models using the standard HODs without any assembly bias generalizations continue to show a 20–40 ${{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ overprediction of the observed galaxy–galaxy lensing signal. We find that our implementations of galaxy assembly bias do not reconcile the two measurements at Planck best-fitting cosmology. In fact, despite incorporating galaxy assembly bias, the satellite distribution parameter, and the satellite velocity bias parameter into our extended HOD model, our fits still strongly suggest a $\sim \! 34{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ discrepancy between the observed projected clustering and galaxy–galaxy lensing measurements. It remains to be seen whether a combination of other galaxy assembly bias models, alternative cosmological parameters, or baryonic effects can explain the amplitude difference between the two signals.

scholarly journals ΛCDM periodic cosmology

2020 ◽  
Vol 494 (2) ◽  
pp. 2183-2190
Author(s):  
Stéphane Fay
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Density Parameter ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Hubble Expansion ◽  
Background Data ◽  
Periodic Models ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background Data

ABSTRACT We examine the possibility that Universe expansion be made of some Λ-cold dark matter (ΛCDM) expansions repeating periodically, separated by some inflation- and radiation-dominated phases. This so-called ΛCDM periodic cosmology is motivated by the possibility that inflation and the present phase of accelerated expansion be due to the same dark energy. Then, in a phase space showing the variation of matter density parameter Ωm with respect to this of the radiation Ωr, the curve Ωm(Ωr) looks like a closed trajectory that Universe could run through forever. In this case, the end of the expansion acceleration of the ΛCDM phase is the beginning of a new inflation phase. We show that such a scenario implies the coupling of matter and/or radiation to dark energy. We consider the simplest of these ΛCDM periodic models i.e. a vacuum energy coupled to radiation. From matter domination phase to today, it behaves like a ΛCDM model, then followed by an inflation phase. But a sudden and fast decay of the dark energy into radiation periodically ends the expansion acceleration. This leads to a radiation-dominated Universe preceding a new ΛCDM type expansion. The model is constrained with Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations using supernovae, Hubble expansion, Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO), and cosmic microwave background data and fits the data as well as the ΛCDM one.

scholarly journals Towards Understanding the Large-Scale Structure?

1987 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 415-432
Author(s):  
Avishai Dekel
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Observational Constraints ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Satisfactory Theory

Although some theories, such as that of cold dark matter, are quite successful in explaining certain aspects of the formation of structure, we seem not to approach a satisfactory theory which can easily account for all the observational constraints on all scales. Most difficult to explain are the indicated clustering of clusters and bulk velocities on very large scales, when considered together with the structure on galactic scales and the isotropy of the microwave background. If these observations are correct, the only scenarios that can work are hybrids of certain sorts, which involve somewhat ad hoc choices of parameters; they are not the theories that would have emerged naturally from first principles, and they do not satisfy the criteria of simplicity and elegancy. I will discuss the currently popular scenarios and the apparent difficulties they face.

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