OBSERVATIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON REHEATING

被引:3
作者
FUKUGITA, M
KAWASAKI, M
机构
[1] OHIO STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,COLUMBUS,OH 43210
[2] TOHOKU UNIV,DEPT PHYS,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
[3] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,INST ASTRON,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HA,ENGLAND
关键词
COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND; COSMOLOGY; THEORY; EARLY UNIVERSE;
D O I
10.1086/172111
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Observational constraints on reheating of the universe between redshift z = 10(3) and z = 5 are investigated. Evolution equations are solved for the thermal history of the universe with monoenergetic photons of specified energy density injected at a specific epoch. An emphasis is given to the resulting spectral distortion of the cosmic microwave background and astrophysical effects caused by the residual UV flux We show that reheating, while it provides a number of attractive features, receives strong constraints from various observations.
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