Planck 2015 constraints on the non-flat XCDM inflation model

Oct 5, 2017
8 pages
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  • Astrophys.J. 869 (2018) 1, 34
  • Published: Dec 10, 2018
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Abstract: (IOP)
We examine the Planck 2015 cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy data by using a physically consistent energy density inhomogeneity power spectrum generated by quantum-mechanical fluctuations during an early epoch of inflation in the non-flat XCDM model. Here dark energy is parameterized using a fluid with a negative equation of state parameter but with the speed of fluid acoustic inhomogeneities set to the speed of light. We find that the Planck 2015 data in conjunction with baryon acoustic oscillation distance measurements are reasonably well fit by a closed-XCDM model in which spatial curvature contributes a percent of the current cosmological energy density budget. In this model, the measured non-relativistic matter density parameter and Hubble constant are in good agreement with values determined using most other data. Depending on cosmological parameter values, the closed-XCDM model has reduced power, relative to the tilted, spatially flat ΛCDM case, and can partially alleviate the low multipole CMB temperature anisotropy deficit and can help partially reconcile the CMB anisotropy and weak lensing σ 8 constraints, at the expense of somewhat worsening the fit to higher multipole CMB temperature anisotropy data. However, the closed-XCDM inflation model does not seem to improve the agreement much, if at all, compared to the closed ΛCDM inflation case, even though it has one additional free parameter.
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  • 11 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables, ApJ in press. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1707.03452
  • cosmic background radiation
  • cosmological parameters
  • inflation
  • large-scale structure of universe
  • observations
  • energy: density
  • cosmic background radiation: anisotropy
  • inflation: model
  • cosmic background radiation: temperature
  • cosmic background radiation: multipole