Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-09-10
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 335 (2002) 1061
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05687.x
We discuss the amplification dispersion in the observed luminosity of standard candles, like supernovae (SNe) of type Ia, induced by gravitational lensing in a Universe with dark energy (quintessence). We derive the main features of the magnification probability distribution function (pdf) of SNe in the framework of on average Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) models for both lensing by large-scale structures and compact objects. The magnification pdf is strongly dependent on the equation of state, $w_Q$, of the quintessence. The dispersion increases with the redshift of the source and is maximum for dark energy with very large negative pressure; the effects of gravitational lensing on the magnification pdf, i.e. the mode biased towards de-amplified values and the long tail towards large magnifications, are reduced for both microscopic DM and quintessence with an intermediate $w_Q$. Different equations of state of the dark energy can deeply change the dispersion in amplification for the projected observed samples of SNe Ia by future space-born missions. The "noise" in the Hubble diagram due to gravitational lensing strongly affects the determination of the cosmological parameters from SNe data. The errors on the pressureless matter density parameter, $\Omega_M$, and on $w_Q$ are maximum for quintessence with not very negative pressure. The effect of the gravitational lensing is of the same order of the other systematics affecting observations of SNe Ia. Due to the lensing by large-scale structures, in a flat Universe with $\Omega_M =0.4$, at $z=1$ a cosmological constant ($w_Q=-1$) can be interpreted as dark energy with $w_Q <-0.84$ (at 2-$\sigma$ confidence limit).
Piedipalumbo Ester
Sazhin Mikhail V.
Sereno Mauro
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