Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-04-25
New Astron.Rev. 49 (2005) 97-102
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, 3 color figures, to appear in proceedings of the 6th UCLA Symposium on "Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.newar.2005.01.034
To determine the nature of dark energy from observational data, it is important that we use model-independent and optimal methods. We should probe dark energy using its density (allowed to be a free function of cosmic time) instead of its equation of state. We should minimize gravitational lensing effect on supernovae by flux-averaging. We need to include complementary data (for example, from the Cosmic Microwave Background [CMB] and large scale structure [LSS]) in a consistent manner to help break the degeneracy between the dark energy density and the matter density fraction. We should push for ambitious future supernova surveys that can observe a large number of supernovae at the highest possible redshifts. I discuss these and other issues that will be important in our quest to unravel the mystery of the nature of dark energy. Current supernova, CMB, and LSS data already rule out dark energy models with dark energy densities that vary greatly with time; with the cosmological constant model providing an excellent fit to the data. A precise measurement of dark energy density as a free function of cosmic time will have a fundamental impact on particle physics and cosmology.
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