1• Cosmic Microwave Background is smooth to a few parts in 105/~ 10-4• Yet high contrast structures (QSOs, galaxies) by z ~ 6./>> 1• Adiabatic perturbations grow as / t 2/3 R(t) 1/(1+z)• Expect onlyBlue = 0oKRed = 4oKBlue = 2.724oKRed = 2.732oKDipole Anistropy~ 1 part in 300After removing dipoleRed – blue = 0.0002oK~ 1 part in 105The Simplest Picture of Galaxy Formation and Why It Fails01.010711001)1(4CMBQSOCMBQSOzzSo where did galaxies and clusters come from?Log MJeans,bLog time [CO Fig. 30.7]CollapsesCollapsesOscillatesIn an expanding universe, will a cloud collapse?The Jeans criterion Version 2:3,4433)()(3TMTtRTtRcvbJTbs2/3,0035TMTTmkTvbJbTbHsRadiation era After decouplingTsGv4522TTTsTsTGGGMvGMvM23222543/4535353212Collapse if 2K < -U= [CO eq. 30.27]2/33,3/2.43TsbbJbbvconstMMDecouplingRadiation pressure keeps these clouds fluffed up.Radiation pressure has disappeared. Clouds now collapse.2K < -U Pressure support < gravityvs= sound speed Log T2Log MJeans,bLog time [CO Fig. 30.7]CollapsesCollapsesOscillatesQ.When do the oscillations start?DecouplingRadiation pressure keeps these clouds fluffed up.Radiation pressure has disappeared. Clouds now collapse.2K < -U Pressure support < gravityBefore decoupling:• Particle Horizondh= 2ctR(t)2T -2 (radiation era)• Proper distance containing mass M= (Mb/b)1/3Mb1/3R(t)Mb1/3T -1•Mass for which= dhMbT -3 R3t 3/2 (radiation era)MbT -3/2 (matter era)dhWhen Particle horizon = MSize scale for mass M Log T The Rest of the Story: dhLog MJeansLog time • Mass for which = dhM T -3 (rad. era)M T -3/2 (matter era)Dark MatterBaryonsDMPhotonsBaryonsDecouplingLog time Log time Log /Log /Silk Damping• But Dark Matter not subject to all this.– Does not feel radiation pressure.– Just collapses away…• Baryons fall into Dark Matter potential wells as soon as decoupling removes photon pressure support.•At tdecouplingthis mass was ~ 1016 M– M > 1016M continued growth– M < 1016M oscillations once mass scale comes into particle horizon.DecouplingLog time Log /1015Msun1017MsunBaryons3DMPhotonsBaryonsDecouplingLog time Log /CMB Fluctuations = snapshot of oscillations at tdecouplingdhLog MJeansLog time decouplingFourier analyze WMAP image: • Measures “Power” for each size scale .•= Power for each mass scale M.• But why more power for some mass scales than others?(deg)Power = Average (/)2of clouds of given size scale (predicted)What is measured?4(/)Dark Matter(/)BaryonsBaryons: Shorter spatial wavelengths oscillate with higher time frequencyFourier analyze WMAP image: • Measures “Power” for each size scale .•= Power for each mass scale M.• But why more power for some mass scales than others?(deg)Power = Average (/)2of clouds of given size scale (predicted)• All blobs of same mass M oscillate synchronously.• Peaks are for mass scales that are either fully compressed or fully rarified. 1stcompression2ndcompression1strarefaction(deg)Power = Average (/)2of clouds of given size scale (predicted)1stcompression2ndcompression1strarefactionPositive Curvature(K > 0)Negative Curvature(K < 0)Flat(K = 0)First peak:Size of “acoustic horizon”r = vs(tDecoupling– tHorizon) = c 3 t= linear size of perturbation = r/(d)= sin(d), d, sinh(d)lpeak= 220/tot1/2( l = multipole )Measured lpeak tot= 1.02.025Launch near Mt. Erebus in AntarcticaMapped Cosmic Background Radiation with far higher angular resolution than previously available.BoomerangBoomerang balloon flight (1999)Position of 1stpeak measures curvature= 1.0 0.7 0.0All models:b= .04, m= .23[CO fig 30.17]First peak:Size of “acoustic horizon”r = vs(tDecoupling– tHorizon) = c 3 t= linear size of perturbation = r/(d)= sin(d), d, sinh(d)lpeak= 220/tot1/2( l = multipole )Measured lpeak tot= 1.02.026• Type Ia Supernovae as “standard candles” accelerating expansion qo= m/2 - • CMB anisotropy total= m+ • Can solve for m, = Cosmological Constantm= matter density/critical densityThe “Concordance” Cosmology (or CDM)Another independent measure:Rate of galaxy cluster evolution[CO
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