Séminaire / Seminar GReCO |
| « Cosmological parameters in models with correlated isocurvature perturbations » |
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Vesa Muhonen |
| We use cosmic microwave background (CMB) and large-scale structure data to constrain cosmological models where the primordial perturbations have both an adiabatic and a cold dark matter (CDM) isocurvature component. A likelihood analysis with 11 independent parameters gives the upper limit of 7,5% for the non-adiabatic contribution to the CMB temperature variance. Of the standard cosmological parameters, determination of the CDM density and the sound horizon angle (or the Hubble constant) are affected most by a possible presence of a correlated isocurvature contribution. The physical baryon density nearly retains its adiabatic value. Finally, I will discuss the MCMC method and the effect of choosing the pivot scale for the definition of amplitude parameters of the primordial spectra. |
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jeudi 24 février 2005 - 11:00 Salle des séminaires Évry Schatzman Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris |
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