Direct determination of expansion history using redshift distortions

Yong-Seon Song
Phys. Rev. D 87, 023005 – Published 22 January 2013

Abstract

We investigate the direct determination of expansion history using redshift distortions without plugging into detailed cosmological parameters. The observed spectra in redshift space include a mixture of information: fluctuations of density-density and velocity-velocity spectra, and distance measures of perpendicular and parallel components to the line of sight. Unfortunately it is hard to measure all the components simultaneously without any specific prior assumption. Common prior assumptions include a linear/quasilinear model of redshift distortions or a model for the shape of the power spectra, which eventually breaks down on small scales at later epochs where nonlinear structure formation disturbs coherent growth. The degeneracy breaking, between the effect of cosmic distances and redshift distortions for example, depends on the prior we assume. An alternative approach is to utilize the cosmological principle inscribed in the heart of the Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker universe, that is, the specific relation between the angular diameter distance and the Hubble parameter, in this degeneracy breaking. We show that utilizing this Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker prior early in the step of distinguishing the distance effect from redshift distortions helps us improve the detectability of power spectra and distance measures with no leaning on a combination of other experiments.

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  • Received 24 October 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.023005

© 2013 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Yong-Seon Song

  • Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 305-348, Republic of Korea

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Vol. 87, Iss. 2 — 15 January 2013

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