Thursday, June 21, 2012

1206.4479 (Enrico Pajer et al.)

A Hydrodynamical Approach to CMB mu-distortions    [PDF]

Enrico Pajer, Matias Zaldarriaga
Spectral distortion of the cosmic microwave background provides a unique opportunity to probe primordial perturbations on very small scales by performing large-scale measurements. We discuss in a systematic and pedagogic way all the relevant physical phenomena involved in the production and evolution of the mu-type spectral distortion. Our main results agree with previous estimates (in particular we show that a recently found factor of 3/4 arises from relativistic corrections to the wave energy). We also discuss several subleading corrections such as adiabatic cooling and the effects of bulk viscosity, baryon loading and photon heat conduction. Finally we calculate the transfer function for mu-distortions between the end of the mu-era and now.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4479

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