scholarly journals Assessing cosmic acceleration with the Alcock–Paczyński effect in the SDSS-IV quasar catalogue

2020 ◽  
Vol 499 (1) ◽  
pp. L36-L40
Author(s):  
Fulvio Melia ◽  
Jin Qin ◽  
Tong-Jie Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Angular Size ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Cosmic Acceleration ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Spherical Distribution ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Constant Rate ◽  
The Universe

ABSTRACT The geometry of the Universe may be probed using the Alcock–Paczyński (AP) effect, in which the observed redshift size of a spherical distribution of sources relative to its angular size varies according to the assumed cosmological model. Past applications of this effect have been limited, however, by a paucity of suitable sources and mitigating astrophysical factors, such as internal redshift-space distortions and poorly known source evolution. In this Letter, we introduce a new test based on the AP effect that avoids the use of spatially bound systems, relying instead on sub-samples of quasars at redshifts z ≲ 1.5 in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV, with a possible extension to higher redshifts and improved precision when this catalogue is expanded by upcoming surveys. We here use this method to probe the redshift-dependent expansion rate in three pertinent Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker cosmologies: Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM), which predicts a transition from deceleration to acceleration at z ∼ 0.7; Einstein–de Sitter, in which the Universe is always decelerating; and the Rh = ct universe, which expands at a constant rate. ΛCDM is consistent with these data, but Rh = ct is favoured overall.

scholarly journals How dark are filaments in the cosmic web?

2020 ◽  
Vol 498 (3) ◽  
pp. 3158-3170
Author(s):  
Tianyi Yang ◽  
Michael J Hudson ◽  
Niayesh Afshordi
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Weak Lensing ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Mass Fractions ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Red Galaxies

ABSTRACT The cold dark matter model predicts that dark matter haloes are connected by filaments. Direct measurements of the masses and structure of these filaments are difficult, but recently several studies have detected these dark-matter-dominated filaments using weak lensing. Here we study the efficiency of galaxy formation within the filaments by measuring their total mass-to-light ratios and stellar mass fractions. Specifically, we stack pairs of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) with a typical separation on the sky of 8 h−1 Mpc. We stack background galaxy shapes around pairs to obtain mass maps through weak lensing, and we stack galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to obtain maps of light and stellar mass. To isolate the signal from the filament, we construct two matched catalogues of physical and non-physical (projected) LRG pairs, with the same distributions of redshift and separation. We then subtract the two stacked maps. Using LRG pair samples from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey at two different redshifts, we find that the evolution of the mass in filament is consistent with the predictions from perturbation theory. The filaments are not entirely dark: Their mass-to-light ratios (M/L = 351 ± 137 in solar units in the rband) and stellar mass fractions (Mstellar/M = 0.0073 ± 0.0030) are consistent with the cosmic values (and with their redshift evolutions).

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 Cold dark matter: Bose-Einstein condensation of gluons in Anti-de Sitter space time

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilles Cohen-Tannoudji ◽  
Jean-Pierre Gazeau
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Hidden Variables ◽  
Einstein Condensation ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Bose Einstein ◽  
The Universe

In the same way as the realization of some of the famous gedanken experiments imagined by the founding fathers of quantum mechanics has recently led to the current renewal of the interpretation of quantum physics, it seems that the most recent progresses of observational astrophysics can be interpreted as the realization of some cosmological gedanken experiments such as the removal from the universe of the whole visible matter or the cosmic time travel leading to a new cosmological standard model. This standard model involves two dark components of the universe, dark energy and dark matter. Whereas dark energy is usually associated with the positive cosmological constant, we propose to explain dark matter as a pure QCD effect. This effect is due to the trace anomaly viewed as a negative cosmological constant accompanying baryonic matter at the hadronization transition from the quark gluon plasma phase to the colorless hadronic phase. Our approach not only yields a ratio Dark/Visible equal to 11/2 but also provides gluons and (anti-)quarks with an extra mass of vibrational nature. Currently observed dark matter is thus interpreted as a gluon Bose Einstein condensate that is a relic of the quark period. Such an interpretation would comfort the idea that, apart from the violation of the matter/antimatter symmetry satisfying the Sakharov’s conditions, the reconciliation of particle physics and cosmology needs not the recourse to any ad hoc fields, particles or hidden variables.

scholarly journals Thermodynamic constraints on matter creation models

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Valentim ◽  
J. F. Jesus
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Event Horizon ◽  
Thermodynamic Equilibrium ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Apparent Horizon ◽  
Total Entropy ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Entropy Of The Universe

AbstractEntropy is a fundamental concept from Thermodynamics and it can be used to study models on context of Creation Cold Dark Matter (CCDM). From conditions on the first ($$\dot{S}\ge 0$$ S ˙ ≥ 0 ) (throughout the present work we will use dots to indicate time derivatives and dashes to indicate derivatives with respect to scale factor) and second order ($$\ddot{S}<0$$ S ¨ < 0 ) time derivatives of total entropy in the initial expansion of Sitter through the radiation and matter eras until the end of Sitter expansion, it is possible to estimate the intervals of parameters. The total entropy ($$S_{t}$$ S t ) is calculated as sum of the entropy at all eras ($$S_{\gamma }$$ S γ and $$S_{m}$$ S m ) plus the entropy of the event horizon ($$S_h$$ S h ). This term derives from the Holographic Principle where it suggests that all information is contained on the observable horizon. The main feature of this method for these models are that thermodynamic equilibrium is reached in a final de Sitter era. Total entropy of the universe is calculated with three terms: apparent horizon ($$S_{h}$$ S h ), entropy of matter ($$S_{m}$$ S m ) and entropy of radiation ($$S_{\gamma }$$ S γ ). This analysis allows to estimate intervals of parameters of CCDM models.

scholarly journals Cold Dark Matter: A Gluonic Bose–Einstein Condensate in Anti-de Sitter Space Time

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 402
Author(s):  
Gilles Cohen-Tannoudji ◽  
Jean-Pierre Gazeau
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Hidden Variables ◽  
Einstein Condensate ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Bose Einstein Condensate ◽  
Bose Einstein ◽  
The Universe

In the same way as the realization of some of the famous gedanken experiments imagined by the founding fathers of quantum mechanics has recently led to the current renewal of the interpretation of quantum physics, it seems that the most recent progress of observational astrophysics can be interpreted as the realization of some cosmological gedanken experiments such as the removal from the universe of the whole visible matter or the cosmic time travel leading to a new cosmological standard model. This standard model involves two dark components of the universe, dark energy and dark matter. Whereas dark energy is usually associated with the cosmological constant, we propose explaining dark matter as a pure QCD effect, namely a gluonic Bose–Einstein condensate, following the transition from the quark gluon plasma phase to the colorless hadronic phase. Our approach not only allows us to assume a Dark/Visible ratio equal to 11/2 but also provides gluons (and di-gluons, viewed as quasi-particles) with an extra mass of vibrational nature. Such an interpretation would support the idea that, apart from the violation of the matter/antimatter symmetry satisfying the Sakharov’s conditions, the reconciliation of particle physics and cosmology needs not the recourse to any ad hoc fields, particles or hidden variables.

scholarly journals Cold Dark Matter: Bose-Einstein Condensation of Gluons in Anti-de Sitter Space Time

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilles Cohen-Tannoudji ◽  
Jean-Pierre Gazeau
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Hidden Variables ◽  
Einstein Condensation ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Bose Einstein ◽  
The Universe

In the same way as the realization of some of the famous gedanken experiments imagined by the founding fathers of quantum mechanics has recently led to the current renewal of the interpretation of quantum physics, it seems that the most recent progresses of observational astrophysics can be interpreted as the realization of some cosmological gedanken experiments such as the removal from the universe of the whole visible matter or the cosmic time travel leading to a new cosmological standard model. This standard model involves two dark components of the universe, dark energy and dark matter. Whereas dark energy is usually associated with the cosmological constant, we propose to explain dark matter as a pure QCD effect, namely a gluon Bose Einstein condensate, following the transition from the quark gluon plasma phase to the colorless hadronic phase. Our approach not only allows us to assume a ratio Dark/Visible equal to 11/2 but also provides gluons and (anti-)quarks with an extra mass of vibrational nature. Such an interpretation would comfort the idea that, apart from the violation of the matter/antimatter symmetry satisfying the Sakharov&rsquo;s conditions, the reconciliation of particle physics and cosmology needs not the recourse to any ad hoc fields, particles or hidden variables.

scholarly journals CONSTRAINTS ON THE SHAPE OF THE MILKY WAY DARK MATTER HALO FROM JEANS EQUATIONS APPLIED TO SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY DATA

2012 ◽  
Vol 758 (1) ◽  
pp. L23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah R. Loebman ◽  
Željko Ivezić ◽  
Thomas R. Quinn ◽  
Fabio Governato ◽  
Alyson M. Brooks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Sky Survey

scholarly journals Dynamic of the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe in the DGP Model

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vo Quoc Phong
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Growth Index ◽  
Cosmic Acceleration ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Density Parameter ◽  
Type Ia ◽  
Age Of The Universe ◽  
The Universe

According to experimental data of SNe Ia (Supernovae type Ia), we will discuss in detial dynamics of the DGP model and introduce a simple parametrization of matter $\omega$, in order to analyze scenarios of the expanding universe and the evolution of the scale factor. We find that the dimensionless matter density parameter at the present epoch $\Omega^0_m=0.3$, the age of the universe $t_0= 12.48$ Gyr, $\frac{a}{a_0}=-2.4e^{\frac{-t}{25.56}}+2.45$. The next we study the linear growth of matter perturbations, and we assume a definition of the growth rate, $f \equiv \frac{dln\delta}{dlna}$. As many authors for many years, we have been using a good approximation to the growth rate $f \approx \Omega^{\gamma(z)}_m$, we also find that the best fit of the growth index, $\gamma(z)\approx 0.687 - \frac{40.67}{1 + e^{1.7. (4.48 + z)}}$, or $\gamma(z)= 0.667 + 0.033z$ when $z\ll1$. We also compare the age of the universe and the growth index with other models and experimental data. We can see that the DGP model describes the cosmic acceleration as well as other models that usually refers to dark energy and Cold Dark Matter (CDM).

scholarly journals Observational constraints of a new unified dark fluid and the H0 tension

2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (2) ◽  
pp. 2071-2085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiqiang Yang ◽  
Supriya Pan ◽  
Andronikos Paliathanasis ◽  
Subir Ghosh ◽  
Yabo Wu
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Early Time ◽  
Observational Constraints ◽  
Minimal Extension ◽  
Energy Evolution ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Different Sources

ABSTRACT Unified cosmological models have received a lot of attention in astrophysics community for explaining both the dark matter and dark energy evolution. The Chaplygin cosmologies, a well-known name in this group have been investigated matched with observations from different sources. Obviously, Chaplygin cosmologies have to obey restrictions in order to be consistent with the observational data. As a consequence, alternative unified models, differing from Chaplygin model, are of special interest. In the present work, we consider a specific example of such a unified cosmological model, that is quantified by only a single parameter μ, that can be considered as a minimal extension of the Λ-cold dark matter cosmology. We investigate its observational boundaries together with an analysis of the universe at large scale. Our study shows that at early time the model behaves like a dust, and as time evolves, it mimics a dark energy fluid depicting a clear transition from the early decelerating phase to the late cosmic accelerating phase. Finally, the model approaches the cosmological constant boundary in an asymptotic manner. We remark that for the present unified model, the estimations of H0 are slightly higher than its local estimation and thus alleviating the H0 tension.

scholarly journals N-body Simulations of Galaxy Formation

1988 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 259-271
Author(s):  
Carlos S. Frenk
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
High Density ◽  
Galactic Halos ◽  
Body Techniques ◽  
Massive Halos ◽  
The Universe

Modern N-body techniques allow the study of galaxy formation in the wider context of the formation of large-scale structure in the Universe. The results of such a study within the cold dark matter cosmogony are described. Dark galactic halos form at relatively recent epochs. Their properties and abundance are similar to those inferred for the halos of real galaxies. Massive halos tend to form preferentially in high density regions and as a result the galaxies that form within them are significantly more clustered than the underlying mass. This natural bias may be strong enough to reconcile the observed clustering of galaxies with the assumption that Ω = 1.

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