Cosmological Parameters from Fits to WMAP Data (2003)
Description Symbol Value + Uncertainty - Uncertainty
Total density Ωo 1.02 0.02 0.02
Dark energy density ΩΛ 0.73 0.04 0.04
Equation of state w < - 0.78 95% CL* --
Baryon density Ωb 0.044 0.004 0.004
Matter density Ωm 0.27 0.04 0.04
Light neutrino density Ων < 0.015 95% CL* --
CMB temperature (K) Tcmb 2.725 0.002 0.002
CMB photon density (cm-3) nγ 410.4 0.9 0.9
Baryon to photon ratio η 6.1 x 10-10 0.3 x 10-10 0.2 x 10-10
Redshift at decoupling zdec 1089 1 1
Hubble constant (km/s/Mpc) H 71 4 3
Age of Universe (109 yr) to 13.7 0.2 0.2
Age at decoupling (yr) tdec 379,000 8000 7000
Age at reionization (106 yr) tr 180 220 80
Redshift of reionization zr 20 10 9
Sound horizon at decoupling (o) θA 0.598 0.002 0.002
Sound horizon at decoupling (Mpc) rs 147 2 2
* 95% CL means at the 95 percent confidence level