Sub-percent constraints on cosmological temperature evolution

The redshift dependence of the cosmic microwave background temperature is one of the key cosmological observables. In the standard cosmological model one has T (z) = T0(1 + z), where T0 is the present-day temperature. Deviations from this behavior would imply the presence of new physics. Here we dis...

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Main Authors: Avgoustidis, A., Genova-Santos, R.T ., Luzzi, G., Martins, C.J.A.P.
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Published: American Physical Society 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34957/
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author Avgoustidis, A.
Genova-Santos, R.T .
Luzzi, G.
Martins, C.J.A.P.
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Genova-Santos, R.T .
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Martins, C.J.A.P.
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description The redshift dependence of the cosmic microwave background temperature is one of the key cosmological observables. In the standard cosmological model one has T (z) = T0(1 + z), where T0 is the present-day temperature. Deviations from this behavior would imply the presence of new physics. Here we discuss how the combination of all currently available direct and indirect measurements of T (z) constrains the common phenomenological parametrization T (z) = T0(1 + z)^(1−β) , and obtain the first sub-percent constraint on the temperature growth index 1 − β. Specifically, we find β = (7.6 ± 8.0) × 10^(−3) at the 68.3% confidence level.
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spelling nottingham-349572020-05-04T17:37:13Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34957/ Sub-percent constraints on cosmological temperature evolution Avgoustidis, A. Genova-Santos, R.T . Luzzi, G. Martins, C.J.A.P. The redshift dependence of the cosmic microwave background temperature is one of the key cosmological observables. In the standard cosmological model one has T (z) = T0(1 + z), where T0 is the present-day temperature. Deviations from this behavior would imply the presence of new physics. Here we discuss how the combination of all currently available direct and indirect measurements of T (z) constrains the common phenomenological parametrization T (z) = T0(1 + z)^(1−β) , and obtain the first sub-percent constraint on the temperature growth index 1 − β. Specifically, we find β = (7.6 ± 8.0) × 10^(−3) at the 68.3% confidence level. American Physical Society 2016-02-12 Article PeerReviewed Avgoustidis, A., Genova-Santos, R.T ., Luzzi, G. and Martins, C.J.A.P. (2016) Sub-percent constraints on cosmological temperature evolution. Physical Review D, 93 (4). 043521/1-043521/8. ISSN 1550-2368 http://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.043521 doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.043521 doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.043521
spellingShingle Avgoustidis, A.
Genova-Santos, R.T .
Luzzi, G.
Martins, C.J.A.P.
Sub-percent constraints on cosmological temperature evolution
title Sub-percent constraints on cosmological temperature evolution
title_full Sub-percent constraints on cosmological temperature evolution
title_fullStr Sub-percent constraints on cosmological temperature evolution
title_full_unstemmed Sub-percent constraints on cosmological temperature evolution
title_short Sub-percent constraints on cosmological temperature evolution
title_sort sub-percent constraints on cosmological temperature evolution
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34957/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34957/