Cosmology Notes

Primarily About Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Theoretical Physics

Cosmology Implications from SDSS, BOSS, and eBOSS

Source: https://www.sdss.org/science/cosmology-results-from-eboss/

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The decoupling epoch is when the photon optical depth is one. The drag epoch is when the baryon optical depth is one. Since there are many more photons than baryons, the photons “decouple” (stop noticing the baryons) before the baryons stop noticing the photons. [source] the sound horizon at baryon decoupling, rdrag [2004.09487]

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Immediate Priorities: Write finalized post on TRGB method from working notes below

http://arxiv.org/abs/1902.03196 Baryon acoustic oscillation, Hubble parameter, and angular size measurement constraints on the Hubble constant, dark energy dynamics, and spatial curvature. Authors: Joseph Ryan, Yun Chen, Bharat Ratra http://arxiv.org/abs/1805.06408 Constraints on dark energy dynamics and spatial curvature from Hubble parameter and baryon acoustic oscillation data. Authors: Joseph Ryan, Sanket Doshi, Bharat Ratra [1811.02376] First Cosmological Results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: Measurement of the Hubble Constant

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Tip of the Red Giant Branch as a Distance Indicator

[1907.05922] The Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program. VIII. An Independent Determination of the Hubble Constant Based on the Tip of the Red Giant Branch

Video of a presentation by Mark Reid at the KITP-UCSB conference Tensions between the Early and the Late Universe on July 16, 2019: H0: NGC 4258 and the Megamaser Cosmology Project | KITP_h0tTakes tweets |

TGRB method – another method useful in measuring the Hubble constant H0, in addition to the cosmic distance ladder, inverse distance ladder, megamasers, H0liCOW time-delay gravitational lensing, gravitational waves, CMB, etc.

Wikipedia: Tip of the Red Giant Branch

The Carnegie Supernova Project: Absolute Calibration and the Hubble Constant https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.06381

The Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program. I. An Independent Approach to the Extragalactic Distance Scale Using only Population II Distance Indicators https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.01788

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