Observational constraints on low redshift evolution of dark energy: How consistent are different observations?

Details Observational constraints on low redshift evolution of dark energy: How consistent are different observations? Observational constraints on low redshift evolution of dark energy: How consistent are different observations?

2005-06-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506748v2

Phys.Rev.D72:103503,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

21 pages, PRD format (Revtex 4), postscript figures. minor corrections to improve clarity; references, acknowledgement added

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.72.103503

The dark energy component of the universe is often interpreted either in terms of a cosmological constant or as a scalar field. A generic feature of the scalar field models is that the equation of state parameter w= P/rho for the dark energy need not satisfy w=-1 and, in general, it can be a function of time. Using the Markov chain Monte Carlo method we perform a critical analysis of the cosmological parameter space, allowing for a varying w. We use constraints on w(z) from the observations of high redshift supernovae (SN), the WMAP observations of CMB anisotropies and abundance of rich clusters of galaxies. For models with a constant w, the LCDM model is allowed with a probability of about 6% by the SN observations while it is allowed with a probability of 98.9% by WMAP observations. The LCDM model is allowed even within the context of models with variable w: WMAP observations allow it with a probability of 99.1% whereas SN data allows it with 23% probability. The SN data, on its own, favors phantom like equation of state (w<-1) and high values for Omega_NR. It does not distinguish between constant w (with w<-1) models and those with varying w(z) in a statistically significant manner. The SN data allows a very wide range for variation of dark energy density, e.g., a variation by factor ten in the dark energy density between z=0 and z=1 is allowed at 95% confidence level. WMAP observations provide a better constraint and the corresponding allowed variation is less than a factor of three. Allowing for variation in w has an impact on the values for other cosmological parameters in that the allowed range often becomes larger. (Abridged)

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