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Large Scale Structure Among z ∼ 2 Quasars as a Cosmological Standard Ruler

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

B.F. Roukema  and
G.A. Mamon
B.F. Roukema
Affiliation:
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411 007, India
G.A. Mamon
Affiliation:
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411 007, India

Abstract

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The peak in the power spectrum at ≈ 130h−1 Mpc at low redshifts provides a standard ruler in comoving space. This scale is shown to be present in the observed quasar distribution at z ∼ 2. This implies strong constraints on the density parameter, Ω0, and weaker constraints on the cosmological constant, λ0. Independently of λ0 (in the range λ0 ∊ [0, 1]), the constraint is 0.1 < Ω0 < 0.45 (68% confidence limit).

Combination of the power spectrum peak method with very independent results from the supernovae Type Ia method yields Ω0 = (0.30 ± 0.11) + (0.57 ± 0.11)(λ0 −0.7), 0.55 < λ0 < 0.95, (68% confidence limits) without assuming Ω0 + λ0 = 1. This supports the almost flat, perturbed Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker model, independently of any cosmic microwave background observations.

Type
Part 1: Radio Source Surveys and Cosmology
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 199: The Universe at Low Radio Frequencies , 2002 , pp. 54 - 55
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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