Constraints from the Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe on decaying cold dark matter.
We reformulate cosmological perturbations in the decaying cold dark matter model, and calculate cosmological microwave background anisotropies. By comparing our predictions with data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, we derive a new bound on the abundance and lifetime of decaying dark matter particles. The lifetime is constrained to Gamma(- 1)> or =123 Gyr at 68% C.L. (52 Gyr at 95.4% C.L.) when cold dark matter consists only of such decaying particles. We also consider a more general case and show that the constraint generalizes to Omega(DDM )h2 less, similar -0.5(Gamma (-1)/1 Gyr) (-1)+0.12 for Gamma(- 1)> or =5 Gyr at 95.4% C.L.
Ichiki
Kiyotomo
K
National Astronomical Observatory, 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan and Department of Astronomy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Oguri
Masamune
M
Takahashi
Keitaro
K