Constraining Quintessence with the New CMB Data
arXiv:astro-ph/0105457 · doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(02)01218-2
Abstract
The CMB data recently released by BOOMERANG and MAXIMA suggest that the anisotropy spectrum has a third peak in the range 800<l_3<900. A combination of this result with constraints from large-scale structure permit us to differentiate between different quintessence models. In particular, we find that inverse power law models with power α>1 are disfavoured. Models with more than 5% quintessence before last scattering require a spectral index greater than 1. These constraints are compared with supernovae observations. We also show that the CMB alone now provides strong evidence for an accelerating universe.
5 pages, 5 figures, replaced with version which appears in journal. Discussion on supernovae bounds and references added
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