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Max Tegmark

University of Pennsylvania

Max Tegmark

University of Pennsylvania

MEASURING

THE

UNIVERSE

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Who cares?

WHO CARES ABOUT COSMOLOGY?

Particle physicists:

- Is there dark matter? Massive neutrinos, wimps, axions or something else?

- Did inflation happen? Can we learn about physics at very high energies?

General relativists:

- Did inflation produce gravity waves?

- What is the geometry of the Universe?

Numerical simulators:

- Only need to run the code once, not for umpteen cosmological models

People on the street

- Will there be a big crunch?

- How did it all begin?

- Are there infinitely many other stars?

Observers:

- What is the correct age, distance and size for the objects being studied?

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Onion

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WHAT DO WE WANT TO MEASURE?

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Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

BudgetOrdinary Matter

5%

Dark Energy66%

Cold Dark Matter29%

Ordinary Matter

Dark Energy

Cold Dark Matter

Hot Dark Matter

Photons

Budget Deficit

h2b=.021+.006

.006

•Matter Budget

•Early Universe

•Gastrophysics

=0.66+.10

.13h2c=0.12+.05

.03

h2=.001+.04

h2=0.0001k=0.00+.06

.06

(95% limits)

Scalar normalization Q ~ 105

Scalar tilt n = 0. 93 +.12

Running of tilt = ?

Tensor normalization R < 0.2

Tensor tilt nT = ?

.10

Is cosmology solved?We still have no cluewhat 95% of all stuff is made of!

Reionization optical depth

Galaxy bias b ~ 1 (for 2dF L*)Hubble parameter

.07

h=0.65+.11

.11

THOSE PESKY PARAMETERS: WE’RE ZEROING IN! (August 2002)

(Post-CBI parameters from Xiaomin Wang)

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Our tools

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Smorgasbord

The cosmic plan:LECTURE 1: Cosmology primer: Review of the basics of modern cosmology (basic cosmological storyline, inflation, nucleosynthesis, recombination, structure formation, etc) to get everybody up to speed on the foundations underlying the other lectures.

LECTURE 2: Cosmic microwave background: The basics of acoustic oscillations, how different cosmological parameters affect the CMB, summary of current and upcoming experiments.

LECTURE 3: Galaxy clustering: The basics of structure formation, how different cosmological parameters affect the matter power spectrum P(k), summary of current and upcoming galaxy surveys.

LECTURE 4: Other cosmological probes, outlook: Gravitational lensing, Lyman alpha forest, supernovae Ia, latest constraints on cosmological parameters, open questions, my speculations about what will be exciting areas for future research.

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

I.OVERVIEW

OF THEBASICS

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Big Bang Zoom

Higher order: gastrophysics

0th order: a(t)

1st order: g(z,k)

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Measuringa(t)

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Boomzoom

Tegmark 2001

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Boomzoom

SN Ia

Tegmark 2001

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Boomzoom

SN Ia

Tegmark 2001

NOWSNAP

See also Wang & Garnavich 2001

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Big Bang Zoom

Higher order: gastrophysics

0th order: a(t)

1st order: g(z,k)

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

People

CMB

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

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FFT

CMB

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

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Saskatoon Zoom

CMB

May 23, 2002: New CBI & VSA results

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Saskatoon Zoom

CMB

May 23, 2002: New CBI & VSA results

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Boomzoom

Tegmark 2001

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

LSS

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

Ly

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

Ly

LSS

Clusters

Lensing

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

END OFLECTURE I

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

II. CMB

The cosmic plan:LECTURE 1: Cosmology primer: Review of the basics of modern cosmology (basic cosmological storyline, inflation, nucleosynthesis, recombination, structure formation, etc) to get everybody up to speed on the foundations underlying the other lectures.

LECTURE 2: Cosmic microwave background: The basics of acoustic oscillations, how different cosmological parameters affect the CMB, summary of current and upcoming experiments.

LECTURE 3: Galaxy clustering: The basics of structure formation, how different cosmological parameters affect the matter power spectrum P(k), summary of current and upcoming galaxy surveys.

LECTURE 4: Other cosmological probes, outlook: Gravitational lensing, Lyman alpha forest, supernovae Ia, latest constraints on cosmological parameters, open questions, my speculations about what will be exciting areas for future research.

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Big Bang Zoom

Higher order: gastrophysics

0th order: a(t)

1st order: g(z,k)

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Boomzoom

SN Ia

Tegmark 2001

NOWSNAP

See also Wang & Garnavich 2001

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

LSS

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

Ly

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

Ly

LSS

Clusters

Lensing

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Onion

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Boomzoom

CMB

De Bernardis et al 2000, Lange et al 2000

BOOMERaNG

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Boomzoom

CMB

De Bernardis et al 2000, Lange et al 2000

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Boomzoom

CMB

Tegmark, Jr., 2001

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Smorgasbord

CMBDASI

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Smorgasbord

CBI

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Smorgasbord

CBI

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Smorgasbord

CMBVSA

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MAPLabeled

MAP SATELLITE

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Map simo

CMBHinshaw 1999

60 GHz simulationwith 0.2 deg resolution

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Saskatoon Zoom

CMB

May 23, 2002: New CBI & VSA results

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max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

no_experiments

CMB

CMB POWER SPECTRUM DETECTIONS AS OF 1/1 1992

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Saskatoon Zoom

CMB

May 23, 2002: New CBI & VSA results

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Saskatoon Zoom

CMB

May 23, 2002: New CBI & VSA results

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

CMB effects:

Linear perturbation growth

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Big Bang Zoom

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

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History

CMB(Figure from Wayne Hu)

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Onion

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Big Bang Zoom

0th order: a(t)

1st order: g(z,k)

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

History

CMB(Figure from Wayne Hu)

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Boom Box

CMB

+

LSS

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1parmovies

CMB

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LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

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CMB

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LSS

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1parmovies

CMB

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LSS

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max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

END OFLECTURE II

The cosmic plan:LECTURE 1: Cosmology primer: Review of the basics of modern cosmology (basic cosmological storyline, inflation, nucleosynthesis, recombination, structure formation, etc) to get everybody up to speed on the foundations underlying the other lectures.

LECTURE 2: Cosmic microwave background: The basics of acoustic oscillations, how different cosmological parameters affect the CMB, summary of current and upcoming experiments.

LECTURE 3: Galaxy clustering: The basics of structure formation, how different cosmological parameters affect the matter power spectrum P(k), summary of current and upcoming galaxy surveys.

LECTURE 4: Other cosmological probes, outlook: Gravitational lensing, Lyman alpha forest, supernovae Ia, latest constraints on cosmological parameters, open questions, my speculations about what will be exciting areas for future research.

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Paid advertisement:

Come to Penn!www.physics.upenn.edu

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

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LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

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LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

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LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

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LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

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max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Acoustic oscillations:(Figure courtesy of Wayne Hu)

CMB effects:

CMB lensing:

The Rees-Sciama effect:

CMB effects:

OV effect

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Large-scale structure

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Boomzoom

CMB

Boomerang

Virgo LCDM simulation

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Boomzoom

CMB

Boomerang

2dF galaxies

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1parmovies

LSS

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

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max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

APO

SDSS

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SDSS Telescope

SDSS

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SDSS Zoom

SDSS

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Cmbgg OmOl

Sky coverage of SDSS redshift survey

(Aitoff projection, equatorial coordinates)

(Dust map fromSchlegel, Finkbeiner & Davis)

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Boomzoom

Tegmark 2001

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

LSS

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Boom Box

CMB

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

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LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

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LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

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LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

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LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

END OFLECTURE III

The cosmic plan:LECTURE 1: Cosmology primer: Review of the basics of modern cosmology (basic cosmological storyline, inflation, nucleosynthesis, recombination, structure formation, etc) to get everybody up to speed on the foundations underlying the other lectures.

LECTURE 2: Cosmic microwave background: The basics of acoustic oscillations, how different cosmological parameters affect the CMB, summary of current and upcoming experiments.

LECTURE 3: Galaxy clustering: The basics of structure formation, how different cosmological parameters affect the matter power spectrum P(k), summary of current and upcoming galaxy surveys.

LECTURE 4: Other cosmological probes, outlook: Gravitational lensing, Lyman alpha forest, supernovae Ia, latest constraints on cosmological parameters, open questions, my speculations about what will be exciting areas for future research.

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Measuringparameters

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Boom Box

CMB

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Constraints ondark matter

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Cmbgg obns

Wang, Tegmark & Zaldarriaga 2001

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Cmbgg obns

Wang, Tegmark & Zaldarriaga 2001

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Cmbgg obns

Wang, Tegmark & Zaldarriaga 2001

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Cmbgg obns

Wang, Tegmark & Zaldarriaga 2001

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Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Cmbgg obns

Wang, Tegmark & Zaldarriaga 2001

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max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Constraints onneutrinos

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cmbgg

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Constraints ondark energy

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Cmbgg OmOl

CMB

Tegmark, Zaldarriaga & Hamilton 2000

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Cmbgg OmOl

CMB

Tegmark, Zaldarriaga & Hamilton 2000

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Cmbgg OmOl

CMB

Tegmark, Zaldarriaga & Hamilton 2000

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Cmbgg OmOl

CMB

Tegmark, Zaldarriaga & Hamilton 2000

+

LSS

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

BudgetOrdinary Matter

5%

Dark Energy66%

Cold Dark Matter29%

Ordinary Matter

Dark Energy

Cold Dark Matter

Hot Dark Matter

Photons

Budget Deficit

h2b=.021+.006

.006

•Matter Budget

•Early Universe

•Gastrophysics

=0.66+.10

.13h2c=0.12+.05

.03

h2=.001+.04

h2=0.0001k=0.00+.06

.06

(95% limits)

Scalar normalization Q ~ 105

Scalar tilt n = 0. 93 +.12

Running of tilt = ?

Tensor normalization R < 0.2

Tensor tilt nT = ?

.10

Is cosmology solved?We still have no cluewhat 95% of all stuff is made of!

Reionization optical depth

Galaxy bias b ~ 1 (for 2dF L*)Hubble parameter

.07

h=0.65+.11

.11

THOSE PESKY PARAMETERS: WE’RE ZEROING IN! (December 2001)

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Smorgasbord

They hunted till darkness came on, but they found Not a button, or feather, or mark, By which they could tell that they stood on the ground Where the Baker had met with the Snark.

In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly vanished away For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.

The Hunting of the Snark/Missing Mass

by Lewis Carroll

[…]

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Smorgasbord

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1parmovies

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Measuring P(k)with CMB

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CMB

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1parmovies

CMB

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Saskatoon Zoom

CMB

May 23, 2002: New CBI & VSA results

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Measuring P(k)with the LyF

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Croft LyA

Croft et al 2000Ly

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Boomzoom

Lyman Alpha Forest Simulations:Dave, Hernquist, Katz & Weinberg 1999

Ly

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Croft LyA

Reanalysis of Croft et al (astro-ph/0012324)by Hamilton & Gredin (astro-ph/0111194)

Ly

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1parmovies

CMB

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

Ly

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Measuring P(k)with weak lensing

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Boomzoom

Lensing

Gravitational lensing

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Boomzoom

Lensing

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Boomzoom

Lensing

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

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distortion

Lensing

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

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Boomzoom

Van Waerbeke et al 2000, astro-ph/0101511

Lensing

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Boomzoom

Lensing

Hoekstra et al 2002, astro-ph/0204295(53 square degrees!)

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

Lensing

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

Lensing

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

Ly

LSS

Clusters

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

Ly

LSS

Clusters

Lensing

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Measuring the primordial power

spectrum P*(k)

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

Ly

LSS

Clusters

Lensing

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga 2002

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga 2002

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga 2002

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

+

LSS

Tegmark & Zaldarriaga 2002

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

Wrong baryon density:

b=0.07 Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

Wrong baryon density:

b=0.07 Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

1parmovies

CMB

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

Smorgasbord

Beyond cosmological parameters, summary:Test the underlying physics rather than assuming itCosmological functions rather than cosmological parametersMeasure the free functions rather than parametrizing them in a way involving untested physical assumptions - a form of data compression

Do observations disagree with each other or with theory?

Data => Cosmological functions <= Theory

Max TegmarkUniv. of Pennsylvania

max@physics.upenn.eduCampos de JordãoSeptember 2,2002

0th order

1st order

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