Cosmological constraints from the redshift dependence of the Alcock-Paczynski effect: application to the SDSS-III BOSS DR12 galaxies
- School of Physics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, 85 Heogiro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02455 (Korea, Republic of)
- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 305-348 (Korea, Republic of)
- Department of Astronomy and CCAPP, The Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 (United States)
We apply the methodology developed in Li et al. to BOSS DR12 galaxies and derive cosmological constraints from the redshift dependence of the Alcock–Paczynski (AP) effect. The apparent anisotropy in the distribution of observed galaxies arise from two main sources, the redshift-space distortion (RSD) effect due to the galaxy peculiar velocities, and the geometric distortion when incorrect cosmological models are assumed for transforming redshift to comoving distance, known as the AP effect. Anisotropies produced by the RSD effect are, although large, maintaining a nearly uniform magnitude over a large range of redshift, while the degree of anisotropies from the AP effect varies with redshift by a much larger magnitude. We split the DR12 galaxies into six redshift bins, measure the two-point correlation function in each bin, and assess the redshift evolution of anisotropies. We obtain constraints of Ω{sub m}=0.290±0.053,w=−1.07±0.15, which are comparable with the current constraints from other cosmological probes such as SNe Ia, cosmic microwave background, and baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO). Combining these cosmological probes with our method yield tight constraints of Ω{sub m}=0.301±0.006,w=−1.054±0.025. Our method is complementary to the other large-scale structure (LSS) probes like BAO and topology. We expect this technique will play an important role in deriving cosmological constraints from LSS surveys.
- OSTI ID:
- 22868435
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 832, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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