Analysis of the Omega Diagram for Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy and Type Ia Supernovae

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  • Vivek Venkatachalam
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The fate of the universe depends largely on its energy density relative to the critical energy density. This energy density consists of both matter energy and vacuum energy (also known as dark energy). Experimental data from Type Ia supernovae and from cosmic microwave background anisotropy measurements, when plotted on the Omega diagram as a graph of ΩΛ versus Ωm, conveniently constrains the values of the two Ω parameters to ΩΛ ≈ 2Ωm ≈ 2/3. This paper presents a physical explanation to elucidate the relative positions of these constraints and their uncertainties.

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تاریخ انتشار 2001