Detection of Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations in the Matter Power Spectrum

Authors

Spencer Everett, DePaul UniversityFollow
Ian Johnson, DePaul UniversityFollow
Jon Murphy, DePaul UniversityFollow
Mary Tarpley, DePaul UniversityFollow

Abstract

Using the spectra of 22,923 high-redshift quasars from the Baryon Oscillation Spectrosocpic Survey (BOSS) subset of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), the authors detect evidence of the primordial baryonic acoustic oscillations (BAOs) in the matter power spectrum. The detection further endorses the currently accepted Lambda-CDM model of cosmology based upon the existence of dark energy (Lambda) and cold dark matter (CDM). Additionally, the use of the continuous wavelet transform to calculate the power spectrum has many advantages over traditional Fourier methods and independently corroborates previous detections.

Recommended Citation

Everett, Spencer; Johnson, Ian; Murphy, Jon; and Tarpley, Mary (2015) "Detection of Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations in the Matter Power Spectrum," DePaul Discoveries: Volume 4, Article 4.
Available at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/depaul-disc/vol4/iss1/4