Study of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations with SDSS DR13 Data and Measurements of Ωk and ΩDE(a)

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We measure the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) observables , , and as a function of red shift z in the range 0.1 to 0.7 with Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data release DR13. These observables are independent and satisfy a consistency relation that provides discrimination against miss-fits due to background fluctuations. From these measurements and the correlation angle of fluctuations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), we obtain , and for dark energy density allowed to vary as . We present measurements of at six values of the expansion parameter a. Fits with several scenarios and data sets are presented. The data is consistent with space curvature parameter  and constant.

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Hoeneisen, B. (2017) Study of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations with SDSS DR13 Data and Measurements of Ωk and ΩDE(a). International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7, 11-27. doi: 10.4236/ijaa.2017.71002.

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