Dark energy constraints after the new Planck data
Abstract
The Planck Collaboration has recently published maps of the cosmic microwave background radiation with the highest precision. In the standard flat Λ cold dark matter framework, Planck data show that the Hubble constant H0 is in tension with that measured by the several direct probes on H0. In this paper, we perform a global analysis from the current observational data in the general dark energy models and find that resolving this tension requires the dark energy model with its equation of state (EOS) w≠-1. Firstly, assuming the w to be a constant, the Planck data favor w<-1 at about 2σ confidence level when combining with the supernovae “supernova legacy survey” compilation. Consequently the value derived on H0, H0=71.3±2.0kms-1Mpc-1 (68% C.L.) is consistent with that from direct H0 probes. We then investigate the dark energy model with a time-evolving w, and obtain the 68% C.L. constraints w0=-0.81±0.19 and wa=-1.9±1.1 from the Planck data and the “supernova legacy survey” compilation. Current data still slightly favor the quintom dark energy scenario with EOS across the cosmological constant boundary w≡-1.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- September 2013
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1308.0188
- Bibcode:
- 2013PhRvD..88f3501X
- Keywords:
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- 98.80.-k;
- 95.36.+x;
- 98.80.Es;
- Cosmology;
- Dark energy;
- Observational cosmology;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 8 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables