- KOMIYA ZEN
- Journal of the Korean astronomical society = 천문학회지
- 38, n.2
- pp.157-160
- 2005
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To constrain the values of the model parameters for the cosmological models involving the time-decaying <TEX>$\Lambda$</TEX> term, we have computed sets of theoretical predictions for the N-m relation of galaxies as well as the CMB angular power spectrum: three types of variation, viz., <TEX>${\Lambda}{\propto} T^{-1},\;a^{-m}$</TEX>, and <TEX>$H^n$</TEX> are thereby assumed following Overduin & Cooperstock (1998), although we concentrate here on the discussion of the results obtained from the first type. Our results for the N-m relation indicate that the observed excess of the galaxy counts N in the faint region beyond the blue apparent magnitude 24 can be reasonably well accounted for with the value of <TEX>${\iota}$</TEX> in the range between 0.2 and 1. Furthermore, a comparison of our computational results of the CMB spectra with the observational data shows that the models with a mild degree of the <TEX>$\Lambda$</TEX> term decay, viz., with the value of <TEX>${\iota}{\le}$</TEX>0.4, are favorable. In this case, the age of our universe turns out to be larger than or equal to 14 Gyr, the lower limit inferred from some Uranium datings.