AdvancedIOAA 2008 | Bandung, Indonesia | TH S5 | 20 pt
13.3 | Dark matter versus vacuum energy at recombination
The CMB temperature is currently and its emission redshift is . Present densities are , , and .
What was the ratio of dark matter density to dark energy density when the CMB was emitted? Assume dark energy is vacuum energy.
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Reading resources
Material that covers the physics behind this problem.
- An Introduction to Modern AstrophysicsCarroll & Ostlie
The standard reference for olympiad-level astrophysics. Chapters 1-3 cover the celestial sphere, orbits and the magnitude system.
Textbook - Ohio State Astronomy Lecture NotesOhio State University
Clear university-level notes on stars, galaxies and cosmology with derivations you can follow line by line.
Lecture notes - Cosmology CalculatorEdward L. Wright (UCLA)
Converts redshift into distances, lookback time and scale factors. Use it to sanity-check cosmology answers.
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