Surveying the dark side

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2006-07-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607066v1

Astron.Geophys.47:4:20-4:27,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, no figures. Review article to appear in "Astronomy and Geophyiscs"

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1468-4004.2006.47420.x

We examine the prospects for the next generation of surveys aimed at elucidating the nature of dark energy. We review the methods that can be used to determine the redshift evolution of the dark energy equation of state parameter w, highlighting their respective strengths and potential weaknesses. All of the attractive methods require surveys covering more than 5-10,000 square degrees of the sky. We examine the accuracy that each method is likely to deliver within a decade, and discuss the difficulties arising from systematic uncertainties associated with the techniques. We conclude that the proposed photometric and redshift surveys have the potential of delivering measurements of w with percent accuracy at several redshifts out to z ~ 3 . Of particular interest will be the combination of weak lensing and baryonic acoustic oscillations measurements. This exquisite precision is likely to have a fundamental impact on our understanding of the nature of dark energy, providing the necessary guidance for its theoretical explanation.

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