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Weak Lensing and CMB: Parameter forecasts including a running spectral index
Mustapha Ishak, Christopher M. Hirata, Patrick McDonald +1
We use statistical inference theory to explore the constraints from future galaxy weak lensing (cosmic shear) surveys combined with the current CMB constraints on cosmological para…
The Transverse Proximity Effect: A Probe to the Environment, Anisotropy, and Megayear Variability of QSOs
Michael Schirber, Jordi Miralda-Escude, Patrick McDonald
The transverse proximity effect is the expected decrease in the strength of the Lya forest absorption in a QSO spectrum when another QSO lying close to the line of sight enhances t…
Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter: The Power Spectrum and Evaporation of Early Structures
N. Afshordi, P. McDonald, D. N. Spergel
We consider the possibility that massive primordial black holes are the dominant form of dark matter. Black hole formation generates entropy fluctuations that adds a Poisson noise…
Cosmological constraints from the CMB and Ly-alpha forest revisited
Uros Seljak, Patrick McDonald, Alexey Makarov
The WMAP team has recently highlighted the usefulness of combining the Ly-alpha forest constraints with those from the cosmic microwave background (CMB). This combination is partic…