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Probing for the Cosmological Parameters with PLANCK Measurement
We investigate the constraints on cosmological parameters especially for EoS
of dark energy, inflationary parameters, neutrino mass and curvature of
universe using simulated Planck data. Firstly we determine cosmological
parameters with current observations including ESSENCE, WMAP3, Boomerang-2K2,
CBI, VSA, ACBAR, SDSS LRG and 2dFGRS, and take best-fit model as the fiducial
model in simulations. In simulations we pay attention to the effects of
dynamical dark energy in determination of cosmological parameters. We add
simulated SNAP data to do all the simulations. Using present data, we find
Quintom dark energy model is mildly favored while \LambdaCDM remains a good
fit. In the framework of dynamical dark energy, the constraints on inflationary
parameters, m_{\nu} and \Omega_{K} become weak compared with the constraints in
\LambdaCDM. Intriguingly, we find that the inflationary models with a "blue"
tilt, which are excluded about 2\sigma in \LambdaCDM model, are well within
2\sigma region with the presence of the dynamics of dark energy. The upper
limits of neutrino mass are weakened by a factor of 2 (95% C.L.), say,
m_{\nu}<1.59 eV and m_{\nu}<1.53 eV for two forms of parametrization of the
equation of state of dark energy. The flat universe is a good fit to the
current data, namely, |\Omega_{K}|<0.03 (95% C.L.). With the simulated Planck
and SNAP data, dynamical dark energy and \LambdaCDM might be distinguished at
4\sigma. And uncertainties of inflationary parameters, m_{\nu} and \Omega_{K}
can be reduced obviously. We also constrain the rotation angle \Delta\alpha,
denoting possible cosmological CPT violation, with simulated Planck and CMBpol
data and find that our results are much more stringent than current constraint
and will verify cosmological CPT symmetry with a higher precision. (Abridged)Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures and 3 tables, Accepted for publication in
Int.J.Mod.Phys.
Determining Cosmological Parameters with Latest Observational Data
In this paper, we combine the latest observational data, including the WMAP
five-year data (WMAP5), BOOMERanG, CBI, VSA, ACBAR, as well as the Baryon
Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) and Type Ia Supernoave (SN) "Union" compilation
(307 sample) to determine the cosmological parameters. Our results show that
the CDM model remains a good fit to the current data. In a flat
universe, we obtain the tight limit on the constant EoS of dark energy as,
(). For the dynamical dark energy models with time
evolving EoS, we find that the best-fit values are and ,
implying the preference of Quintom model whose EoS gets across the cosmological
constant boundary. For the curvature of universe, our results give
(95% C.L.) when fixing w_{\DE}=-1. When considering
the dynamics of dark energy, the flat universe is still a good fit to the
current data. Regarding the neutrino mass limit, we obtain the upper limits,
eV (95% C.L.) within the framework of the flat
CDM model. When adding the SDSS Lyman- forest power spectrum
data, the constraint on can be significantly improved, eV (95% C.L.). Assuming that the primordial fluctuations are
adiabatic with a power law spectrum, within the CDM model, we find
that the upper limit on the ratio of the tensor to scalar is (95%
C.L.) and the inflationary models with the slope are excluded at
more than confidence level. However, in the framework of dynamical
dark energy models, the allowed region in the parameter space of (,) is
enlarged significantly. Finally, we find no evidence for the large running of
the spectral index. (Abridged)Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, More discussion on NE
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Roles of TGFβ and FGF signals during growth and differentiation of mouse lens epithelial cell in vitro.
Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling pathways play important roles in the proliferation and differentiation of lens epithelial cells (LECs) during development. Low dosage bFGF promotes cell proliferation while high dosage induces differentiation. TGFβ signaling regulates LEC proliferation and differentiation as well, but also promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transitions that lead to cataracts. Thus far, it has been difficult to recapitulate the features of germinative LECs in vitro. Here, we have established a LEC culture protocol that uses SB431542 (SB) compound to inhibit TGFβ/Smad activation, and found that SB treatment promoted mouse LEC proliferation, maintained LECs' morphology and distinct markers including N-cadherin, c-Maf, Prox1, and αA-, αB-, and β-crystallins. In contrast, low-dosage bFGF was unable to sustain those markers and, combined with SB, altered LECs' morphology and β-crystallin expression. We further found that Matrigel substrate coatings greatly increased cell proliferation and uniquely affected β-crystallin expression. Cultured LECs retained the ability to differentiate into γ-crystallin-positive lentoids by high-dosage bFGF treatment. Thus, a suppression of TGFβ/Smad signaling in vitro is critical to maintaining characteristic features of mouse LECs, especially expression of the key transcription factors c-Maf and Prox1
A new adaptive multiple modelling approach for non-linear and non-stationary systems
This paper proposes a novel adaptive multiple modelling algorithm for non-linear and non-stationary systems. This simple modelling paradigm comprises K candidate sub-models which are all linear. With data available in an online fashion, the performance of all candidate sub-models are monitored based on the most recent data window, and M best sub-models are selected from the K candidates. The weight coefficients of the selected sub-model are adapted via the recursive least square (RLS) algorithm, while the coefficients of the remaining sub-models are unchanged. These M model predictions are then optimally combined to produce the multi-model output. We propose to minimise the mean square error based on a recent data window, and apply the sum to one constraint to the combination parameters, leading to a closed-form solution, so that maximal computational efficiency can be achieved. In addition, at each time step, the model prediction is chosen from either the resultant multiple model or the best sub-model, whichever is the best. Simulation results are given in comparison with some typical alternatives, including the linear RLS algorithm and a number of online non-linear approaches, in terms of modelling performance and time consumption
Testing CPT Symmetry with CMB Measurements: Update after WMAP5
In this Letter we update our previous result on the test of CPT symmetry with
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) measurements. A CPT violating interaction in
the photon sector gives
rise to a rotation of the polarization vectors of the propagating CMB photons.
Recently the WMAP group used the newly released polarization data of WMAP5 to
measure this rotation angle and obtained
deg (). However, in their analysis the
BOOMERanG 2003 data is not included. Here we revisit this issue by combining
the full data of WMAP5 and BOOMERanG 2003 angular power spectra for the
measurement of this rotation angle and find that
deg at a 68% confidence level.Comment: 3 pages, 1 figure, Some typos are correcte
Overcoming the Circular Problem for \gamma-ray Bursts in Cosmological Global Fitting Analysis
Due to the lack of low redshift long Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), the circular
problem has been a severe obstacle for using GRBs as cosmological candles. In
this paper, we present a new method to deal with such a problem in MCMC global
fitting analysis. Assuming that a certain type of correlations between
different observables exists in a subsample of GRBs, for the parameters
involved in the correlation relation, we treat them as free parameters and
determine them simultaneously with cosmological parameters through MCMC
analysis on GRB data together with other observational data. Then the circular
problem is naturally eliminated in this procedure. We take the Ghirlanda
relation as an example while keeping in mind the debate about its physical
validity. Together with SNe Ia, WMAP and SDSS data, we include 27 GRBs with the
reported Ghirlanda relation in our study, and perform MCMC global fitting. We
consider the CDM model and dynamical dark energy models. In each case,
in addition to the constraints on the relevant cosmological parameters, we
obtain the best fit values as well as the distributions of the correlation
parameters and . We find that the observational data sets other than
GRBs can affect and considerably through their degeneracies with the
cosmological parameters. The results on and for different cosmological
models are in well agreement within range. The best fit value of
in all models being analyzed is with . For ,
we have the best value in the range of with . It is
also noted that the distributions of and are generally broader than the
priors used in many studies in literature. (Abriged)Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, Accepted for publication in Ap
Probing for dynamics of dark energy and curvature of universe with latest cosmological observations
We use the newly released 182 Type Ia supernova data combined with the
third-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropic Probe data (WMAP3) and large scale
structure (LSS) information including SDSS and 2dFGRS to constrain the dark
energy equation of state (EoS) as well as the curvature of universe .
Using the full dataset of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and LSS rather than
the shift parameter and linear growth factor, we make a Markov Chain Monte
Carlo (MCMC) global fit, while paying particular attention to the dark energy
perturbation. Parameterizing the EoS as , we
find the best fit of () is () and for , the best fit for () is
(). We find that a flat universe is a good approximation,
namely, has been excluded by 2 yet the inclusion of
can affect the measurement of DE parameters owing to their
correlation and the present systematic effects of SNIa measurements.Comment: The wrongly-generated last page of pdf file is remove
On using the WMAP distance priors in constraining the time evolving equation of state of dark energy
Recently, the WMAP group has published their five-year data and considered
the constraints on the time evolving equation of state of dark energy for the
first time from the WMAP distance information. In this paper, we study the
effectiveness of the usage of these distance information and find that these
compressed CMB information can give similar constraints on dark energy
parameters compared with the full CMB power spectrum if dark energy
perturbations are included, however, once incorrectly neglecting the dark
energy perturbations, the difference of the results are sizable.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, 2 table
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