Likelihood distribution for models with cosmological constant from COBE data
Astrophysics
2009-11-06 v3
Abstract
Using COBE-DMR 4-year data, we find a general expression yielding the likelihood distribution in the 3-dimensional parameter space spanned by the spectral index , the spectral amplitude and the false-vacuum density parameter . Using such simple expression, the range of possible normalizations, within a given likelihood interval from top-likelihood normalization, is readily found, with fair approximation, for any model with total density parameter and assigned and .
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0106446,
title = {Likelihood distribution for models with cosmological constant from COBE data},
author = {Marco Tucci and Angela Contaldo and Silvio Bonometto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0106446},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
19 pages, 7 figures. Added references. Accepted for publication in ApJ