Dark Energy in the Dark Ages

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2006-03-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0603584v2

Astropart.Phys. 26 (2006) 16-21

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 5 figures; figure added, minor edits to match Astropart.Phys. version

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Non-negligible dark energy density at high redshifts would indicate dark energy physics distinct from a cosmological constant or ``reasonable'' canonical scalar fields. Such dark energy can be constrained tightly through investigation of the growth of structure, with limits of \la2% of total energy density at z\gg1 for many models. Intermediate dark energy can have effects distinct from its energy density; the dark ages acceleration can be constrained to last less than 5% of a Hubble e-fold time, exacerbating the coincidence problem. Both the total linear growth, or equivalently \sigma_8, and the shape and evolution of the nonlinear mass power spectrum for z<2 (using the Linder-White nonlinear mapping prescription) provide important windows. Probes of growth, such as weak gravitational lensing, can interact with supernovae and CMB distance measurements to scan dark energy behavior over the entire range z=0-1100.

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