"Three-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
observations: Implications for cosmology," by
D.N.
Spergel and 21 others, Astrophysical Journal Supplement
Series, 170(2): 377-408, June 2007.
From theAbstract: "A simple cosmological
model with only six parameters (matter density, Omega(m)h(2), baryon
density, Omega(b)h(2), Hubble constant, H-0, amplitude of fluctuations,
sigma(8), optical depth, tau, and a slope for the scalar perturbation
spectrum, n(s)) fits not only the 3 year WMAP temperature and polarization
data, but also small-scale CMB data, light element abundances, large-scale
structure observations, and the supernova luminosity/distance relationship.
Using WMAP data only, the best-fit values for cosmological parameters for
the power-law flat Lambda cold dark matter (Lambda CDM) model are (Omega(m)h(2),
Omega(b)h(2), h, n(s), tau, sigma(s)) = (0.1277(-0.0079)(+0.0080),
0.02229 +/- 0.00073, 0.732(-0.032)(+0.031), 0.958 +/- 0.016,0.089 +/-
0.030, 0.761(-0.048)(+0.049)). The 3 year data dramatically shrink the
allowed volume in this six-dimensional parameter space. Even if we do
not include the prior that the universe is flat, by combining WMAP,
large-scale structure, and supernova data, we can still put a strong
constraint on the dark energy equation of state, w = -1.08 +/- 0.12. For
a flat universe, the combination of WMAP and other astronomical data
yield a constraint on the sum of the neutrino masses, Sigma m(nu) <
0.66 eV (95%CL). Consistent with the predictions of simple inflationary
theories, we detect no significant deviations from Gaussianity in the
CMB maps using Minkowski functionals, the bispectrum, trispectrum, and a
new statistic designed to detect large-scale anisotropies in the
fluctuations."
This 2007 report from Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series was
cited 101 times in current journal articles
indexed by Clarivate during January-February 2009. With this latest
two-month total, the report scores yet again--for what is now the ninth
consecutive bimonthly period--as the most-cited physics paper published in
the last two years (aside from reviews). Prior to the most recent tally,
citations to the paper have accrued as follows:
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