Reconstructing the primordial power spectrum - a new algorithm

被引:73
作者
Hannestad, S
机构
[1] Univ So Denmark, Dept Phys, DK-5230 Odense, Denmark
[2] NORDITA, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
来源
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2004年 / 04期
关键词
CMBR theory; inflation;
D O I
10.1088/1475-7516/2004/04/002
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We propose an efficient and model independent method for reconstructing the primordial power spectrum from cosmic microwave background (CMB) and large scale structure observations. The algorithm is based on a Monte Carlo principle and therefore very simple to incorporate into existing codes such as the Markov chain Monte Carlo one. The algorithm has been used on present cosmological data to test for features in the primordial power spectrum. No significant evidence for features is found, although there is a slight preference for an overall bending of the spectrum, as well as a decrease in power at very large scales. We have also tested the algorithm on mock high precision CMB data, calculated from models with non-scale-invariant primordial spectra. The algorithm efficiently extracts the underlying spectrum, as well as the other cosmological parameters in each case. Finally we have used the algorithm on a model where an artificial glitch in the CMB spectrum has been imposed, like the ones seen in the WMAP data. In this case it is found that, although the underlying cosmological parameters can be extracted, the recovered power spectrum can show significant spurious features, such as bending, even if the true spectrum is scale invariant.
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页码:19 / 37
页数:19
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