Reconstruction of the deceleration parameter and the equation of state of dark energy

Dec, 2006
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  • Phys.Rev.D 75 (2007) 043520
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The new 182 gold supernova Ia data, the baryon acoustic oscillation measurement and the shift parameter determined from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the three-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe data are combined to reconstruct the dark energy equation of state parameter w(z)w(z) and the deceleration parameter q(z)q(z). We find that the strongest evidence of acceleration happens around the redshift z0.2z\sim 0.2 and the stringent constraints on w(z)w(z) lie in the redshift range z0.20.5z\sim 0.2-0.5. At the sweet spot, 1.2<w(z)<0.6-1.2<w(z)<-0.6 for the dark energy parametrization w(z)=w0+waz/(1+z)2w(z)=w_0+w_a z/(1+z)^2 at the 3σ3\sigma confidence level. The transition redshift ztz_t when the Universe underwent the transition from deceleration to acceleration is derived to be zt=0.360.08+0.23z_t=0.36^{+0.23}_{-0.08}. The combined data is also applied to find out the geometry of the Universe, and we find that at the 3σ3\sigma confidence level, |\Omega_k|\alt 0.05 for the simple one parameter dark energy model, and 0.064<Ωk<0.028-0.064<\Omega_k<0.028 for the Λ\LambdaCDM model.
  • 95.36.+x
  • 98.80.Es
  • dark energy: parametrization
  • equation of state
  • supernova
  • baryon: oscillation
  • oscillation: acoustic
  • cosmic background radiation
  • redshift
  • expansion: deceleration