Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-06-25
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.337:26,2002
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05797.x
There is growing evidence that the majority of the energy density of the universe is not baryonic or dark matter, rather it resides in an exotic component with negative pressure. The nature of this `quintessence' influences our view of the universe, modifying angular diameter and luminosity distances. Here, we examine the influence of a quintessence component upon gravitational lens time delays. As well as a static quintessence component, an evolving equation of state is also considered. It is found that the equation of state of the quintessence component and its evolution influence the value of the Hubble's constant derived from gravitational lenses. However, the differences between evolving and non-evolving cosmologies are relatively small. We undertake a suite of Monte Carlo simulations to examine the potential constraints that can be placed on the universal equation of state from the monitoring of gravitational lens system, and demonstrate that at least an order of magnitude more lenses than currently known will have to be discovered and analysed to accurately probe any quintessence component.
Ibata Rodrigo A.
Lewis Geraint F.
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