Constraints on the CMB temperature-redshift dependence from SZ and distance measurements

A. Avgoustidis, G. Luzzi, C. J. A. P. Martins, A. M. R. V. L. Monteiro

Abstract
The relation between redshift and the CMB temperature, T_CMB(z) = T₀(1 + z) is a key prediction of standard cosmology, but is violated in many non-standard models. Constraining possible deviations to this law is an effective way to test the ΛCDM paradigm and search for hints of new physics. We present state-of-the-art constraints, using both direct and indirect measurements. In particular, we point out that in models where photons can be created or destroyed, not only does the temperature-redshift relation change, but so does the distance duality relation, and these departures from the standard behaviour are related, providing us with an opportunity to improve constraints. We show that current datasets limit possible deviations of the form T_CMB(z) = T₀(1+z)^1-β to be β = 0.004±0.016 up to a redshift z ∼ 3. We also discuss how, with the next generation of space and ground-based experiments, these constraints can be improved by more than one order of magnitude.

Keywords
cosmology of theories beyond the SM, high redshift galaxies, Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, baryon acoustic oscillations

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume 2012, Page 013_1
February 2012

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/02/013
ADS Bibliographic code: 2011arXiv1112.1862A