Planck 2015 constraints on the non-flat $Ï$CDM inflation model
arXiv:1712.08617 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aadcf3
Abstract
We perform Markov chain Monte Carlo analyses to put constraints on the non-flat $Ï$CDM inflation model using Planck 2015 cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy data and baryon acoustic oscillation distance measurements. The $Ï$CDM model is a consistent dynamical dark energy model in which the currently accelerating cosmological expansion is powered by a scalar field $Ï$ slowly rolling down an inverse power-law potential energy density. We also use a physically consistent power spectrum for energy density inhomogeneities in this non-flat model. We find that, like the closed-$Î$CDM and closed-XCDM models, the closed-$Ï$CDM model provides a better fit to the lower multipole region of the CMB temperature anisotropy data compared to that provided by the tilted flat-$Î$CDM model. Also, like the other closed models, this model reduces the tension between the Planck and the weak lensing $Ï_8$ constraints. However, the higher multipole region of the CMB temperature anisotropy data are better fit by the tilted flat-$Î$CDM model than by the closed models.
10 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables, ApJ in press. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1710.03271, arXiv:1707.03452