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Superhorizon Perturbations and the Cosmic Microwave Background
Adrienne L. Erickcek, Sean M. Carroll, Marc Kamionkowski
Superhorizon perturbations induce large-scale temperature anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) via the Grishchuk-Zel'dovich effect. We analyze the CMB temperature…
A Hemispherical Power Asymmetry from Inflation
Adrienne L. Erickcek, Marc Kamionkowski, Sean M. Carroll
Measurements of CMB temperature fluctuations by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) indicate that the fluctuation amplitude in one half of the sky differs from the ampl…
The effects of Chern-Simons gravity on bodies orbiting the Earth
Tristan L. Smith, Adrienne L. Erickcek, Robert R. Caldwell +1
One of the possible low-energy consequences of string theory is the addition of a Chern-Simons term to the standard Einstein-Hilbert action of general relativity. It can be argued…
Constraints on the Interactions between Dark Matter and Baryons from the X-ray Quantum Calorimetry Experiment
Adrienne L. Erickcek, Paul J. Steinhardt, Dan McCammon +1
Although the rocket-based X-ray Quantum Calorimetry (XQC) experiment was designed for X-ray spectroscopy, the minimal shielding of its calorimeters, its low atmospheric overburden,…
Solar System constraints to general f(R) gravity
Takeshi Chiba, Tristan L. Smith, Adrienne L. Erickcek
It has been proposed that cosmic acceleration or inflation can be driven by replacing the Einstein-Hilbert action of general relativity with a function f(R) of the Ricci scalar R.…
Solar System tests DO rule out 1/R gravity
Adrienne L. Erickcek, Tristan L. Smith, Marc Kamionkowski
Shortly after the addition of a 1/R term to the Einstein-Hilbert action was proposed as a solution to the cosmic-acceleration puzzle, Chiba showed that such a theory violates Solar…
Supermassive Black Hole Merger Rates: Uncertainties from Halo Merger Theory
Adrienne L. Erickcek, Marc Kamionkowski, Andrew J. Benson
The merger of two supermassive black holes is expected to produce a gravitational-wave signal detectable by the satellite LISA. The rate of supermassive-black-hole mergers is intim…