The Damping Tail of Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies
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چکیده
By decomposing the damping tail of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies into a series of transfer functions representing individual physical e†ects, we provide ingredients that will aid in the reconstruction of the cosmological model from small-scale CMB anisotropy data. We accurately calibrate the model-independent e†ects of di†usion and reionization damping, which provide potentially the most robust information on the background cosmology. Removing these e†ects, we uncover modeldependent processes, such as the acoustic peak modulation and gravitational enhancement, that can help distinguish between alternate models of structure formation and provide windows into the evolution of Ñuctuations at various stages in their growth. Subject headings : cosmic microwave background È cosmology : theory
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