Cosmological parameters from eigenmode analysis of sloan digital sky survey galaxy redshifts

Adrian C. Pope; Takahiko Matsubara; Alexander S. Szalay; Michael R. Blanton; Daniel J. Eisenstein; Jim Gray; Bhuvnesh Jain; Neta A. Bahcall; Jon Brinkmann; Tamas Budavari; Andrew J. Connolly; Joshua A. Frieman; James E. Gunn; David Johnston; Stephen M. Kent; Robert H. Lupton; Avery Meiksin; Robert C. Nichol; Donald P. Schneider; Ryan Scranton; Michael A. Strauss; Istvan Szapudi; Max Tegmark; Michael S. Vogeley; David H. Weinberg; Idit Zehavi

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Cosmological parameters from eigenmode analysis of sloan digital sky survey galaxy redshifts

Adrian C. Pope, Takahiko Matsubara, Alexander S. Szalay, Michael R. Blanton, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Jim Gray, Bhuvnesh Jain, Neta A. Bahcall, Jon Brinkmann, Tamas Budavari, Andrew J. Connolly, Joshua A. Frieman, James E. Gunn, David Johnston, Stephen M. Kent, Robert H. Lupton, Avery Meiksin, Robert C. Nichol, Donald P. Schneider, Ryan ScrantonMichael A. Strauss, Istvan Szapudi, Max Tegmark, Michael S. Vogeley, David H. Weinberg, Idit Zehavi

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We present estimates of cosmological parameters from the application of the Karhunen-Loève transform to the analysis of the three-dimensional power spectrum of density fluctuations using Sloan Digital Sky Survey galaxy redshifts. We use Ω_mh and f_b = Ω_b/ Ω_m to describe the shape of the power spectrum, σ_8g^L for the (linearly extrapolated) normalization, and β to parameterize linear theory redshift-space distortions. On scales k ≲ 0.16 h Mpc^-1, our maximum likelihood values are Ω_mh = 0.264 ± 0.043, f_b = 0.286 ± 0.065, σ_8g^L = 0.966 ± 0.048, and β= 0.45 ± 0.12. When we take a prior on Ω_b from the Wilkinson Micro-wave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), we find Ω_mh = 0.207 ± 0.030, which is in excellent agreement with WMAP and the Two-Degree Field. This indicates that we have reasonably measured the gross shape of the power spectrum, but we have difficulty breaking the degeneracy between Ω_mh and f_b, because the baryon oscillations are not resolved in the current spectroscopic survey window function.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	655-660
Number of pages	6
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	607
Issue number	2 I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/383533
State	Published - Jun 1 2004

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Cosmological parameters
Cosmology: theory
Galaxies: distances and redshifts
Large-scale structure of universe
Methods: statistical

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Pope, A. C., Matsubara, T., Szalay, A. S., Blanton, M. R., Eisenstein, D. J., Gray, J., Jain, B., Bahcall, N. A., Brinkmann, J., Budavari, T., Connolly, A. J., Frieman, J. A., Gunn, J. E., Johnston, D., Kent, S. M., Lupton, R. H., Meiksin, A., Nichol, R. C., Schneider, D. P., ... Zehavi, I. (2004). Cosmological parameters from eigenmode analysis of sloan digital sky survey galaxy redshifts. Astrophysical Journal, 607(2 I), 655-660. https://doi.org/10.1086/383533

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