Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-03-21
Eur.Phys.J.C57:785-789,2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Replaced with revised version. BAO data is added to make a tighter constraint. Version accepted for publication on Euro.Phys.J
Scientific paper
10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0700-9
In unparticle dark matter (unmatter) models the equation of state of the unmatter is given by $p=\rho/(2d_U+1)$, where $d_U$ is the scaling factor. Unmatter with such equations of state would have a significant impact on the expansion history of the universe. Using type Ia supernovae (SNIa), the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) measurements and the shift parameter of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to place constraints on such unmatter models we find that if only the SNIa data is used the constraints are weak. However, with the BAO and CMB shift parameter data added strong constraints can be obtained. For the $\Lambda$UDM model, in which unmatter is the sole dark matter, we find that $d_U > 60$ at 95% C.L. For comparison, in most unparticle physics models it is assumed $d_U<2$. For the $\Lambda$CUDM model, in which unmatter co-exists with cold dark matter, we found that the unmatter can at most make up a few percent of the total cosmic density if $d_U<10$, thus it can not be the major component of dark matter.
Chen Xuelei
Gong Yan
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