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Non-BBN Constraints On The Key Cosmological Parameters

G. Steigman, N. Hata, J. E. Felten

Published 1998-02-24Version 1

Since the baryon-to-photon ratio "eta" is in some doubt at present, we ignore the constraints on eta from big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and fit the three key cosmological parameters (h, Omega_M, eta) to four other observational constraints: Hubble parameter, age of the universe, cluster gas (baryon) fraction, and effective shape parameter "Gamma". We consider open and flat CDM models and flat "Lambda"-CDM models, testing goodness of fit and drawing confidence regions by the Delta-chi^2 method. CDM models with Omega_M = 1 (SCDM models) are accepted only because we allow a large error on h, permitting h < 0.5. Open CDM models are accepted only for Omega_M \gsim 0.4. Lambda-CDM models give similar results. In all of these models, large eta (\gsim 6) is favored strongly over small eta, supporting reports of low deuterium abundances on some QSO lines of sight, and suggesting that observational determinations of primordial 4He may be contaminated by systematic errors. Only if we drop the crucial Gamma constraint are much lower values of Omega_M and eta permitted.

Comments: 12 pages, Kluwer Latex, 2 Postscript figures, to appear in the proceedings of the ISSI Workshop, "The Primordial Nuclei and Their Galactic Evolution" (Bern, May 6-10, 1997), ed. N. Prantzos, M. Tosi, and R. von Steiger (Kluwer, Dordrecht)
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