Evidence
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(CfA) redshift survey measured the distances and peculiar velocities of galaxies, providing the first maps of large-scale structure.
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Card 1 · Comparison of recent SnIa datasets
We rank the six latest Type Ia supernova (SnIa) datasets (Constitution (C), Union (U), ESSENCE (Davis) (E), Gold06 (G), SNLS 1yr (S) and SDSS-II (D)) in the context of the Chevalier-Polarski-Linder (CPL) parametrization w ( a ) = w 0 + w 1 (1− a ), according to their Figure of Merit (FoM), their con…
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We rank the six latest Type Ia supernova (SnIa) datasets (Constitution (C), Union (U), ESSENCE (Davis) (E), Gold06 (G), SNLS 1yr (S) and SDSS-II (D)) in the context of the Chevalier-Polarski-Linder (CPL) parametrization w ( a ) = w 0 + w 1 (1− a ), according to their Figure of Merit (FoM), their consistency with the cosmological constant (ΛCDM), their consistency with standard rulers (Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO)) and their mutual consistency. We find a significant improvement of the FoM (defined as the inverse area of the 95.4% parameter contour) with the number of SnIa of these datasets ((C) highest FoM, (U), (G), (D), (E), (S) lowest FoM). Standard rulers (CMB+BAO) have a better FoM by about a factor of 3, compared to the highest FoM SnIa dataset (C). We also find that the ranking sequence based on consistency with ΛCDM is identical with the corresponding ranking based on consistency with standard rulers ((S) most consistent, (D), (C), (E) …
Card 2 · Constraints on modified gravity from the observed X-ray luminosity function of galaxy clusters
These results are consistent with and complementary to those based on measurements of the cosmic expansion history, as deduced from distances to type Ia supernovae (SNIa) ( Riess et al., 1998 ; Perlmutter et al., 1999 ; Davis et al., 2007 ; Kowalski et al., 2008 ) , the gas mass fraction in galaxy c…
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These results are consistent with and complementary to those based on measurements of the cosmic expansion history, as deduced from distances to type Ia supernovae (SNIa) ( Riess et al., 1998 ; Perlmutter et al., 1999 ; Davis et al., 2007 ; Kowalski et al., 2008 ) , the gas mass fraction in galaxy clusters ( Allen et al., 2004 ; Rapetti et al., 2005 ; Rapetti et al., 2007 ; Allen et al., 2008 ) , and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the distribution of galaxies ( Cole et al., 2005 ; Eisenstein et al., 2005 ) . In combination with independent measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) ( Spergel et al., 2003 ; Spergel et al., 2007 ; Komatsu et al., 2008 ) , such measurements argue for a universe that is spatially flat, with most matter being cold and dark, and with the energy density being currently dominated by a cosmological constant Λ \Lambda .
Card 3 · Testing dark energy using pairs of galaxies in redshift space
The distribution of angles subtended between pairs of galaxies and the line of sight, which is uniform in real space, is distorted by their peculiar motions, and has been proposed as a probe of cosmic expansion. We test this idea using N-body simulations of structure formation in a cold dark matter…
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The distribution of angles subtended between pairs of galaxies and the line of sight, which is uniform in real space, is distorted by their peculiar motions, and has been proposed as a probe of cosmic expansion. We test this idea using N-body simulations of structure formation in a cold dark matter universe with a cosmological constant and in two variant cosmologies with different dark energy models. We find that the distortion of the distribution of angles is sensitive to the nature of dark energy. However, for the first time, our simulations also reveal dependences of the normalization of the distribution on both redshift and cosmology that have been neglected in previous work. This introduces systematics that severely limit the usefulness of the original method. Guided by our simulations, we devise a new, improved test of the nature of dark energy. We demonstrate that this test does not require prior knowledge of the background cosmology and that it can even distinguish between mode …
Card 4 · Determination of dark energy by the Einstein Telescope: Comparing with CMB, BAO, and SNIa observations
A design study is currently in progress for a third-generation gravitational-wave (GW) detector called the Einstein Telescope (ET). An important kind of source for ET will be the inspiral and merger of binary neutron stars up to $z\ensuremath{\sim}2$. If binary neutron star mergers are the progenito…
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A design study is currently in progress for a third-generation gravitational-wave (GW) detector called the Einstein Telescope (ET). An important kind of source for ET will be the inspiral and merger of binary neutron stars up to $z\ensuremath{\sim}2$. If binary neutron star mergers are the progenitors of short-hard $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-ray bursts, then some fraction of them will be seen both electromagnetically and through GW, so that the luminosity distance and the redshift of the source can be determined separately. An important property of these ``standard sirens'' is that they are self-calibrating: the luminosity distance can be inferred directly from the GW signal, with no need for a cosmic distance ladder. Thus, standard sirens will provide a powerful independent check of the $\ensuremath{\Lambda}\mathrm{CDM}$ model. In previous work, estimates were made of how well ET would be able to measure a subset of the cosmological parameters (such as the dark energy parameter ${w}_{0}$) …
Card 5 · Constraints on modified gravity from the observed X-ray luminosity function of galaxy clusters
These results are consistent with and complementary to those based on measurements of the cosmic expansion history, as deduced from distances to type Ia supernovae (SNIa) ( Riess et al., 1998 ; Perlmutter et al., 1999 ; Davis et al., 2007 ; Kowalski et al., 2008 ) , the gas mass fraction in galaxy c…
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These results are consistent with and complementary to those based on measurements of the cosmic expansion history, as deduced from distances to type Ia supernovae (SNIa) ( Riess et al., 1998 ; Perlmutter et al., 1999 ; Davis et al., 2007 ; Kowalski et al., 2008 ) , the gas mass fraction in galaxy clusters ( Allen et al., 2004 ; Rapetti et al., 2005 ; Rapetti et al., 2007 ; Allen et al., 2008 ) , and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the distribution of galaxies ( Cole et al., 2005 ; Eisenstein et al., 2005 ) . In combination with independent measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) ( Spergel et al., 2003 ; Spergel et al., 2007 ; Komatsu et al., 2008 ) , such measurements argue for a universe that is spatially flat, with most matter being cold and dark, and with the energy density being currently dominated by a cosmological constant Λ \Lambda .
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