Sachs–Wolfe effect

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The Sachs–Wolfe effect is a cosmological phenomenon in which gravitational potential fluctuations imprint temperature anisotropies on the cosmic microwave background radiation, especially on large angular scales.

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instanceOf cosmological effect ⓘ
physical phenomenon ⓘ
abbreviation SW effect ⓘ
affects CMB temperature anisotropies ⓘ
cosmic microwave background ⓘ
cause gravitational potential fluctuations ⓘ
metric perturbations in the early universe ⓘ
component integrated Sachs–Wolfe effect ⓘ
ordinary Sachs–Wolfe effect ⓘ
cosmologicalParameterSensitivity Hubble parameter H_0 ⓘ
dark energy density parameter Ω_Λ ⓘ
matter density parameter Ω_m ⓘ
dependsOn evolution of gravitational potentials along the line of sight ⓘ
gravitational potential at last scattering surface ⓘ
describedIn Sachs and Wolfe 1967 paper ⓘ
dominantOn angular scales larger than a few degrees ⓘ
field astrophysics ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
general relativity ⓘ
mathematicalForm temperature fluctuation proportional to gravitational potential divided by c squared ⓘ
mechanism gravitational redshift of photons ⓘ
time dilation in gravitational potentials ⓘ
namedAfter Arthur Michael Wolfe ⓘ
Rainer Kurt Sachs ⓘ
observationalEvidence cross-correlation of CMB with galaxy surveys ⓘ
large-angle CMB temperature maps ⓘ
observedBy COBE satellite ⓘ
Planck satellite ⓘ
linked to: Planck spacecraft

WMAP satellite ⓘ
linked to: WMAP
occursOn large angular scales on the sky ⓘ
relatedConcept cosmic horizon ⓘ
gravitational redshift ⓘ
photon geodesics in curved spacetime ⓘ
recombination epoch ⓘ
relatedTo cosmic microwave background anisotropy power spectrum ⓘ
inflationary cosmology ⓘ
large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ
primordial density perturbations ⓘ
ΛCDM model ⓘ
linked to: Lambda-CDM model
scale super-horizon scales at recombination ⓘ
signature enhanced CMB power at low multipoles ⓘ
theoreticalBasis linear perturbation theory in general relativity ⓘ
usedFor constraining primordial power spectrum ⓘ
probing dark energy via integrated Sachs–Wolfe effect ⓘ
testing cosmological models ⓘ
yearProposed 1967 ⓘ

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Bardeen potential → usedToAnalyze → Sachs–Wolfe effect ⓘ
Eridanus Supervoid → relatedTo → integrated Sachs–Wolfe effect ⓘ
linked to: Sachs–Wolfe effect
Sachs–Wolfe effect → describedIn → Sachs and Wolfe 1967 paper ⓘ
linked to: Sachs–Wolfe effect
Sachs–Wolfe effect → component → ordinary Sachs–Wolfe effect ⓘ
linked to: Sachs–Wolfe effect
Sachs–Wolfe effect → component → integrated Sachs–Wolfe effect ⓘ
linked to: Sachs–Wolfe effect