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Constraints on Cosmological Parameters from Existing CMB Data

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We use current cosmic microwave background data to constrain cosmological parameters. The results are presented as confidence regions in the (Ω\Omega--HoH_o) -- plane for both open and flat geometries, and are based on a χ2\chi^2 minimization to the power spectrum. Although such an approach does not strictly apply to power spectrum estimates, the results should nonetheless be indicative. We find that purely open, low--Ω\Omega models are strongly disfavored, due to the position of the ``Doppler Peak'' at high ll; flat models are less strongly constrained. The parameter space explored is the largest to date, covering Ω\Omega, HoH_o, nn, QQ and ΩBh2\Omega_B h^2.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9804158,
  title  = {Constraints on Cosmological Parameters from Existing CMB Data},
  author = {J. G. Bartlett and A. Blanchard and M. Le Dour and M. Douspis and D. Barbosa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9804158},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

To appear in "Fundamental Parameters in Cosmology", proceedings of the Rencontres de Moriond 1998