Measuring baryon acoustic oscillations with angular two-point correlation function
| Autor: | Alcaniz, Jailson S., Carvalho, Gabriela C., Bernui, Armando, Carvalho, Joel C., Benetti, Micol |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | The Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) imprinted a characteristic correlation length in the large-scale structure of the universe that can be used as a standard ruler for mapping out the cosmic expansion history. Here, we discuss the application of the angular two-point correlation function, $w(\theta)$, to a sample of luminous red galaxies of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and derive two new measurements of the BAO angular scale at $z = 0.235$ and $z = 0.365$. Since noise and systematics may hinder the identification of the BAO signature in the $w - \theta$ plane, we also introduce a potential new method to localize the acoustic bump in a model-independent way. We use these new measurements along with previous data to constrain cosmological parameters of dark energy models and to derive a new estimate of the acoustic scale $r_s$. Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures. To appear in the Festschrift in honour of Prof. T. Padmanabhan on the occasion of his 60th birthday |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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