We examine power spectra from the Abell/ACO rich cluster survey and the 2dF
Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dfGRS) for observational evidence of features produced
by the baryons. A non-negligible baryon fraction produces relatively sharp
oscillatory features at specific wavenumbers in the matter power spectrum.
However, the mere existence of baryons will also produce a global suppression
of the power spectrum. We look for both of these features using the false
discovery rate (FDR) statistic. We show that the window effects on the
Abell/ACO power spectrum are minimal, which has allowed for the discovery of
discrete oscillatory features in the power spectrum. On the other hand, there
are no statistically significant oscillatory features in the 2dFGRS power
spectrum, which is expected from the survey's broad window function. After
accounting for window effects, we apply a scale-independent bias to the 2dFGRS
power spectrum, P_{Abell}(k) = b^2P_{2dF}(k) and b = 3.2. We find that the
overall shapes of the Abell/ACO and the biased 2dFGRS power spectra are
entirely consistent over the range 0.02 <= k <= 0.15hMpc^-1. We examine the
range of Omega_{matter} and baryon fraction for which these surveys could
detect significant suppression in power. The reported baryon fractions for both
the Abell/ACO and 2dFGRS surveys are high enough to cause a detectable
suppression in power (after accounting for errors, windows and k-space
sampling). Using the same technique, we also examine, given the best fit baryon
density obtained from BBN, whether it is possible to detect additional
suppression due to dark matter-baryon interaction. We find that the limit on
dark matter cross section/mass derived from these surveys are the same as those
ruled out in a recent study by Chen, Hannestad and Scherrer.Comment: 11 pages of text, 6 figures. Submitted to Ap