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Model-Independent Constraints on Dark Energy Density from Flux-averaging Analysis of Type Ia Supernova Data | | Yun Wang
; Pia Mukherjee
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8 Dec 2003 | | Journal: | Astrophys.J. 606 (2004) 654-663 | | Subject: | astro-ph hep-ph | | Abstract: | We reconstruct the dark energy density $
ho_X(z)$ as a free function from current type Ia supernova (SN Ia) data (Tonry et al. 2003; Barris et al. 2003; Knop et al. 2003), together with the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) shift parameter from CMB data (WMAP, CBI, and ACBAR), and the large scale structure (LSS) growth factor from 2dF galaxy survey data. We parametrize $
ho_X(z)$ as a continuous function, given by interpolating its amplitudes at equally spaced $z$ values in the redshift range covered by SN Ia data, and a constant at larger $z$ (where $
ho_X(z)$ is only weakly constrained by CMB data). We assume a flat universe, and use the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique in our analysis. We find that the dark energy density $
ho_X(z)$ is constant for $0 la z la 0.5$ and increases with redshift $z$ for $0.5 la z la 1$ at 68.3% confidence level, but is consistent with a constant at 95% confidence level. For comparison, we also give constraints on a constant equation of state for the dark energy. Flux-averaging of SN Ia data is required to yield cosmological parameter constraints that are free of the bias induced by weak gravitational lensing citep{Wang00b}. We set up a consistent framework for flux-averaging analysis of SN Ia data, based on cite{Wang00b}. We find that flux-averaging of SN Ia data leads to slightly lower $Omega_m$ and smaller time-variation in $
ho_X(z)$. This suggests that a significant increase in the number of SNe Ia from deep SN surveys on a dedicated telescope citep{Wang00a} is needed to place a robust constraint on the time-dependence of the dark energy density. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0312192 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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