We believe that well-known principles and relationships between physical entities are the key for a deep knowledge of reality. However, they must be applied using innovative points of view, points of view that can be ...We believe that well-known principles and relationships between physical entities are the key for a deep knowledge of reality. However, they must be applied using innovative points of view, points of view that can be provided by, for example, experts on information theory （as we are）. Our previous efforts in this direction led to a fascinating result： the theoretical total mass ofa spacetime in which Planck＇s length is an observer-independent scale of length is equal （both in expression and value） to the mass of our portion of Universe measured by national aeronautics and space administration wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe （NASA WMAP） spacecraft. In the following paragraphs we＇ll show how granularity （i.e., discontinuity） of physical entities of our portion of observable spacetime descends directly from the principles of information theory, and how a physical theory about the discontinuity of reality built on these basis can lead to an elegant descriptions of both microcosm and macrocosm.展开更多
Combining the latest Planck, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe （WMAP）, and baryon acoustic oscillation （BAO） data, we exploit the recent cosmic microwave background （CMB） B-mode power spectra data released by...Combining the latest Planck, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe （WMAP）, and baryon acoustic oscillation （BAO） data, we exploit the recent cosmic microwave background （CMB） B-mode power spectra data released by the BICEP2 collaboration to constrain the cosmological parameters of the ACDM model, especially the primordial power spectra parameters of the scalar and the tensor modes, ns, as, r, nt. We obtain constraints on the parameters for a lensed ACDM model using the Markov Chain -- ＋0,0307 ＋0,0061 ＋0,0105 Monte Carlo （MCMC） technique, the marginalized 68% bounds are r -0.1043 -0.0914, ns -0.9617-0.0061, as =-0.0175-0.0097, nt = 0.5198＋-0.4579. We find that a blue tilt for nt is favored slightly, but it is still well consistent with flat or even red tilt. Our r value is slightly smaller than the one obtained by the BICEP group, in that we permit nt as a free parameter without imposing the single-field slow roll inflation consistency relation. When we impose this relation, then r= 0.2130-0.06096 ＋0.0446. For most other parameters, the best fit values and measurement errors are not altered significantly by the introduction of the BICEP2 data.展开更多
We explore the cosmological implications of five modified gravity(MG) models by using the recent cosmological observational data,including the recently released SNLS3 type Ia supernovae sample,the cosmic microwave bac...We explore the cosmological implications of five modified gravity(MG) models by using the recent cosmological observational data,including the recently released SNLS3 type Ia supernovae sample,the cosmic microwave background anisotropy data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe 7-yr observations,the baryon acoustic oscillation results from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data release 7,and the latest Hubble constant measurement utilizing the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope.The MG models considered include the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati(DGP) model,two f(R) models,and two f(T) models.We find that compared with the ΛCDM model,MG models can not lead to an appreciable reduction of the χ 2 min.The analysis of AIC and BIC shows that the simplest cosmological constant model(ΛCDM) is still the most preferred by the current data,and the DGP model is strongly disfavored.In addition,from the observational constraints,we also reconstruct the evolutions of the growth factor in these models.We find that the current available growth factor data are not enough to distinguish these MG models from the ΛCDM model.展开更多
文摘We believe that well-known principles and relationships between physical entities are the key for a deep knowledge of reality. However, they must be applied using innovative points of view, points of view that can be provided by, for example, experts on information theory （as we are）. Our previous efforts in this direction led to a fascinating result： the theoretical total mass ofa spacetime in which Planck＇s length is an observer-independent scale of length is equal （both in expression and value） to the mass of our portion of Universe measured by national aeronautics and space administration wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe （NASA WMAP） spacecraft. In the following paragraphs we＇ll show how granularity （i.e., discontinuity） of physical entities of our portion of observable spacetime descends directly from the principles of information theory, and how a physical theory about the discontinuity of reality built on these basis can lead to an elegant descriptions of both microcosm and macrocosm.
基金supported by the Chinese Academy of Science Strategic Priority Research Program "The Emergence of Cosmological Structures" (Grant No. XDB09000000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11103027, 11373030 and 11373031)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2012AA121701)
文摘Combining the latest Planck, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe （WMAP）, and baryon acoustic oscillation （BAO） data, we exploit the recent cosmic microwave background （CMB） B-mode power spectra data released by the BICEP2 collaboration to constrain the cosmological parameters of the ACDM model, especially the primordial power spectra parameters of the scalar and the tensor modes, ns, as, r, nt. We obtain constraints on the parameters for a lensed ACDM model using the Markov Chain -- ＋0,0307 ＋0,0061 ＋0,0105 Monte Carlo （MCMC） technique, the marginalized 68% bounds are r -0.1043 -0.0914, ns -0.9617-0.0061, as =-0.0175-0.0097, nt = 0.5198＋-0.4579. We find that a blue tilt for nt is favored slightly, but it is still well consistent with flat or even red tilt. Our r value is slightly smaller than the one obtained by the BICEP group, in that we permit nt as a free parameter without imposing the single-field slow roll inflation consistency relation. When we impose this relation, then r= 0.2130-0.06096 ＋0.0446. For most other parameters, the best fit values and measurement errors are not altered significantly by the introduction of the BICEP2 data.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10535060/A050207,10821504 and 10975167)the Project of Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Science
文摘We explore the cosmological implications of five modified gravity(MG) models by using the recent cosmological observational data,including the recently released SNLS3 type Ia supernovae sample,the cosmic microwave background anisotropy data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe 7-yr observations,the baryon acoustic oscillation results from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data release 7,and the latest Hubble constant measurement utilizing the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope.The MG models considered include the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati(DGP) model,two f(R) models,and two f(T) models.We find that compared with the ΛCDM model,MG models can not lead to an appreciable reduction of the χ 2 min.The analysis of AIC and BIC shows that the simplest cosmological constant model(ΛCDM) is still the most preferred by the current data,and the DGP model is strongly disfavored.In addition,from the observational constraints,we also reconstruct the evolutions of the growth factor in these models.We find that the current available growth factor data are not enough to distinguish these MG models from the ΛCDM model.
