Cosmic confusion and structure formation
- 15 March 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 53 (6) , 3011-3016
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.53.3011
Abstract
We present a reanalysis of the cosmic confusion hypothesis, elucidating the degree to which "confusion" can be expected to hold in a class of flat, adiabatic models. This allows us to devise a simple and accurate fitting function for the height of the first peak in the radiation power spectrum in a wide range of inflationary-inspired models. The range preferred by current data is given, together with a discussion of the impact of measurements of the peak height on constraining models of structure formation.Keywords
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