Initial power spectrum shape

Abstract

Mainly used to set constraints on cosmological parameters, CMB anisotropies can give information on primordial universe. Unfortunately, initial conditions and late time cosmology are degenerated. I focus on the effect of the shape of the initial power spectrum of fluctuations on the cosmological parameter estimation from CMB temperature anisotropies. Strong constraints obtained using a priori knowledge of the initial spectrum disappear when the latter is let free.

4 pages, Proceedings SF2A 2004 conference, Paris, eds.: F. Combes, D. Barret, T. Contini, F. Meynadier and L. Pagani