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CMBology

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The details of the CMB power spectrum are being revealed through the combined efforts of the world's CMBologists. The current data set constrains several cosmological parameters. A combination with other (non-lensing) constraints yields estimates of the cosmological constant: Omega_Lambda = 0.65 +/- 0.13, the mass density: Omega_m = 0.23 +/- 0.08 and the age of the Universe: t_o = 13.4 +/- 1.6 Gyr. Lensing data is not yet comfortable with these values.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9909301,
  title  = {CMBology},
  author = {Charles H. Lineweaver},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9909301},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages, 5 figures, to be published in "Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals" edt. T. Brainerd & C. Kochanek