<< Cosmo.ToK %TOC% ---- ---+ ToK Warszawa meeting - Rough Notes Sat 17 Feb 2007 %RED% *These are just rough notes - feel free to correct them, add links, etc.* %ENDCOLOR% ---++ Ruth Durrer - CMB - general CMB presentation Challinor & Lewis 2006 - lensing effect on C_l spectrum - AstroPh:0601594 especially 500 < l < 3000 - lensed polarisation signals %$ E \gg B \gg_{l>10} B_{tensor} $% - observed WMAP polarisation e.g. Spergel et al. 2005, CBI - Readhead et al. 2004, Page et al. 2006 - compilation, detection around 200-400 = l, oscillations expected (observational estimates exist with very big error bars) around 400-800 = l - tensor spectrum - gravity waves - B modes of the polarisation - if these were unexpectedly large, then this could be the "smoking gun" of inflation WMAP + ... : %$ \Rightarrow n_s \sim 0.95 \pm 0.05-0.10 $%, %$ r < \sim 0.4 $% - SDSS LRG (luminous red galaxies) + WMAP 3 %$\Rightarrow \Omega_{tot} = 1.003 \pm 0.010$% according to Tegmark et al. 2006 * What is dark matter? * What is dark energy? * *What is the inflaton?*
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