Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-07-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
6 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
In this paper we compare the performances of the chi-square and median likelihood analysis in the determination of cosmological constraints using type Ia supernovae data. We perform a statistical analysis using the 307 supernovae of the Union 2 compilation of the Supernova Cosmology Project and find that the chi-square statistical analysis yields tighter cosmological constraints than the median statistic if only supernovae data is taken into account. We also show that when additional measurements from the Cosmic Microwave Background and Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations are considered, the combined cosmological constraints are not strongly dependent on whether one applies the chi-square statistic or the median statistic to the supernovae data. This indicates that, when complementary information from other cosmological probes is taken into account, the performances of the chi-square and median statistics are very similar, demonstrating the robustness of the statistical analysis.
Avelino Pedro P.
Barreira A.
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