Gravitational mechanism of suppression of matter density fluctuations in the early universe

1985 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
V. I. Denisov
2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (2) ◽  
pp. 2532-2542
Author(s):  
Linda Blot ◽  
Pier-Stefano Corasaniti ◽  
Yann Rasera ◽  
Shankar Agarwal

ABSTRACT Future galaxy surveys will provide accurate measurements of the matter power spectrum across an unprecedented range of scales and redshifts. The analysis of these data will require one to accurately model the imprint of non-linearities of the matter density field. In particular, these induce a non-Gaussian contribution to the data covariance that needs to be properly taken into account to realize unbiased cosmological parameter inference analyses. Here, we study the cosmological dependence of the matter power spectrum covariance using a dedicated suite of N-body simulations, the Dark Energy Universe Simulation–Parallel Universe Runs (DEUS-PUR) Cosmo. These consist of 512 realizations for 10 different cosmologies where we vary the matter density Ωm, the amplitude of density fluctuations σ8, the reduced Hubble parameter h, and a constant dark energy equation of state w by approximately $10{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$. We use these data to evaluate the first and second derivatives of the power spectrum covariance with respect to a fiducial Λ-cold dark matter cosmology. We find that the variations can be as large as $150{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ depending on the scale, redshift, and model parameter considered. By performing a Fisher matrix analysis we explore the impact of different choices in modelling the cosmological dependence of the covariance. Our results suggest that fixing the covariance to a fiducial cosmology can significantly affect the recovered parameter errors and that modelling the cosmological dependence of the variance while keeping the correlation coefficient fixed can alleviate the impact of this effect.


1986 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 509-510
Author(s):  
C. Sivaram

Recently it has been shown that many of the puzzling features of conventional cosmological models (such as the horizon and flatness problems) could be explained by invoking inflationary models of the early universe with an exponential expansion phase at very early epochs. These models have the added advantage that they are able to make a definite prediction about the present matter density in the universe, i.e. they require that the density be exactly equal to the closure density which in turn can be easily estimated from the Hubble constant now known to within a factor of two. Now if one goes back to an earlier idea that explored the possibility of unusual clustering of quasar redshifts around z = 2 or 3, we get an example of another cosmological model with a definite prediction for the present overall matter density. This is a modified version of the Eddington-Lemaitre type of model which naturally accommodates such features as a clustering of quasars at certain epochs. From these models one can get a prediction for the present matter density which would be an involved function of the Hubble constant and the redshifts at which such clustering occurs. It can be shown that if such clustering had occurred at any z, the present matter density predicted would be substantially smaller than the corresponding closure density. The conclusion is that any clustering of quasar redshifts is incompatiable with inflationary universe models, indirectly providing observational support for these new theories.


IFAE 2006 ◽  
2007 ◽  
pp. 313-316
Author(s):  
Gian Luigi Fogli ◽  
Eligio Lisi ◽  
Alessandro Mirizzi ◽  
Daniele Montanino

2019 ◽  
Vol 99 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin’ichi Hirano ◽  
Tsutomu Kobayashi ◽  
Daisuke Yamauchi ◽  
Shuichiro Yokoyama

1999 ◽  
Vol 70 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 345-347
Author(s):  
H. Nunokawa ◽  
A. Rossi ◽  
V. Semikoz ◽  
J.W.F. Valle

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Loeb

AbstractIn the redshift range 100≲(1+z)≲137, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) had a temperature of 273–373 K (0–100°C), allowing early rocky planets (if any existed) to have liquid water chemistry on their surface and be habitable, irrespective of their distance from a star. In the standard ΛCDM cosmology, the first star-forming halos within our Hubble volume started collapsing at these redshifts, allowing the chemistry of life to possibly begin when the Universe was merely 10–17 million years old. The possibility of life starting when the average matter density was a million times bigger than it is today is not in agreement with the anthropic explanation for the low value of the cosmological constant.


2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 433-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. GRIB ◽  
YU. V. PAVLOV

The model of creation of observable particles and particles of the dark matter, considered to be superheavy particles, due to particle creation by the gravitational field of the Friedmann model of the early Universe is given. Estimates on the parameters of the model leading to observable values of the baryon number of the Universe and the dark matter density are made.


2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (21) ◽  
pp. 1640008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Böhringer ◽  
Gayoung Chon

The high precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background by the Planck survey yielded tight constraints on cosmological parameters and the statistics of the density fluctuations at the time of recombination. This provides the means for a critical study of structure formation in the Universe by comparing the microwave background results with present epoch measurements of the cosmic large-scale structure. It can reveal subtle effects such as how different forms of Dark Matter may modify structure growth. Currently most interesting is the damping effect of structure growth by massive neutrinos. Different observations of low redshift matter density fluctuations provided evidence for a signature of massive neutrinos. Here we discuss the study of the cosmic large-scale structure with a complete sample of nearby, X-ray luminous clusters from our REFLEX cluster survey. From the observed X-ray luminosity function and its reproduction for different cosmological models, we obtain tight constraints on the cosmological parameters describing the matter density, [Formula: see text], and the density fluctuation amplitude, [Formula: see text]. A comparison of these constraints with the Planck results shows a discrepancy in the framework of a pure [Formula: see text]CDM model, but the results can be reconciled, if we allow for a neutrino mass in the range of 0.17 eV to 0.7 eV. Also some others, but not all of the observations of the nearby large-scale structure provide evidence or trends for signatures of massive neutrinos. With further improvement in the systematics and future survey projects, these indications will develop into a definitive measurement of neutrino masses.


1996 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 321-327
Author(s):  
J.A. Frieman

The inflationary scenario for the very early universe has proven very attractive, because it can simultaneously solve a number of cosmological puzzles, such as the homogeneity of the Universe on scales exceeding the particle horizon at early times, the flatness or entropy problem, and the origin of density fluctuations for large-scale structure [1]. In this scenario, the observed Universe (roughly, the present Hubble volume) represents part of a homogeneous inflated region embedded in an inhomogeneous space-time. On scales beyond the size of this homogeneous patch, the initially inhomogeneous distribution of energy-momentum that existed prior to inflation is preserved, the scale of the inhomogeneities merely being stretched by the expansion.


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