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Cosmological parameters from galaxy clustering in the SDSS

  • Adrian Pope
  • , Alexander Szalay
  • , Takahiko Matsubara
  • , Michael R. Blanton
  • , Daniel J. Eisenstein
  • , Jim Gray
  • , Bhuvnesh Jain

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Abstract

We present estimates of cosmological parameters from the application of the Karhunen-Loève transform to the analysis of the 3D power spectrum of density fluctuations using Sloan Digital Sky Survey galaxy redshifts. We use {equation presented} to describe the shape of the power spectrum, σL 8g for the (linearly extrapolated) normalization, and β to parametrize linear theory redshift space distortions. On scales {equation presented}, our maximum likelihood values are Wmh {equation presented}. When we take a prior on ωb from WMAP , we find ωm h = 0.207 ± 0.030, which is in excellent agreement with WMAP and 2dF. This indicates that we have reasonably measured the gross shape of the power spectrum but we have difficulty breaking the degeneracy between ωmh and fb because the baryon oscillations are not resolved in the current spectroscopic survey window function.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number007
JournalProceedings of Science
Volume16
StatePublished - 2004
Event28th Johns Hopkins Workshop on Current Problems in Particle Theory, JHW 2004 - Baltimore, United States
Duration: Jun 5 2004Jun 8 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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