Cosmology from MAXIMA-1, BOOMERANG and COBE / DMR CMB observations

Jul, 2000
5 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 86 (2001) 3475-3479
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Recent results from BOOMERANG-98 and MAXIMA-1, taken together with COBE-DMR, provide consistent and high signal-to-noise measurements of the CMB power spectrum at spherical harmonic multipole bands over 2<\ell\lta800. Analysis of the combined data yields 68% (95%) confidence limits on the total density, Ωtot1.11±0.07(0.12+0.13)\Omega_{\rm {tot}}\simeq 1.11 \pm 0.07 (^{+0.13}_{-0.12}), the baryon density, Ωbh20.0320.004+0.005(0.008+0.009)\Omega_b h^2\simeq 0.032^{+0.005}_{-0.004} (^{+0.009}_{-0.008}), and the scalar spectral tilt, ns1.010.07+0.09(0.14+0.17)n_s\simeq1.01^{+0.09}_{-0.07} (^{+0.17}_{-0.14}). These data are consistent with inflationary initial conditions for structure formation. Taken together with other cosmological observations, they imply the existence of both non-baryonic dark matter and dark energy in the universe.
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  • 5 Pages, 2 Figures, Changes to match published version Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett., 86, 3475-3479