Python I, II, and III CMB Anisotropy Measurement Constraints on Open and Flat-$\Lambda$ CDM Cosmogonies

• Main Authors: Rocha, G, Stompor, R, Ganga, K, Ratra, B, Platt, S R, Sugiyama, N, Górski, K M
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Astrophysics and Astronomy; Lambda; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://cds.cern.ch/record/387188

We use Python I, II, and III cosmic microwave background anisotropy data to constrain cosmogonies. We account for the Python beamwidth and calibration uncertainties. We consider open and spatially-flat-Lambda cold dark matter cosmogonies, with nonrelativistic-mass density parameter Omega_0 in the range 0.1--1, baryonic-mass density parameter Omega_B in the range (0.005--0.029) h^{-2}, and age of the universe t_0 in the range (10--20) Gyr. Marginalizing over all parameters but Omega_0, the combined Python data favors an open (spatially-flat-Lambda) model with Omega_0 simeq 0.2 (0.1). At the 2 sigma confidence level model normalizations deduced from the combined Python data are mostly consistent with those drawn from the DMR, UCSB South Pole 1994, ARGO, MAX 4 and 5, White Dish, and SuZIE data sets.