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Constraint on Symmetric Teleparallel Gravity with Different Dark energy Parametrizations from DESI DR2 BAO Data

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2025-07-09 v1

Abstract

We investigate the cosmological viability of symmetric teleparallel gravity, specifically the f(Q)f(Q) gravity model with a power-law form f(Q)=αQnf(Q) = \alpha Q^n, in combination with two widely used dark energy parameterizations: Chevallier Polarski Linder (CPL) and Barboza Alcaniz (BA). Employing the most recent DESI DR2 Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) dataset along with previous BAO measurements, we constrain the model parameters through a robust Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) analysis. We examine the background evolution via key cosmological indicators including the Hubble parameter H(z)H(z), deceleration parameter q(z)q(z), the effective equation of state ωeff(z)\omega_{\rm eff}(z), and the Om diagnostic. Our results indicate that the inclusion of DESI DR2 data significantly tightens constraints on the model parameters and supports a consistent transition from decelerated to accelerated expansion. The present-day values of q(0)q(0) and ωeff(0)\omega_{\rm eff}(0) lie within the quintessence regime for all datasets. However, for lower redshift values the behaviour varies between phantom-like and quintessence-like phases. Statistical comparison via χ2\chi^2, AIC, BIC, and R2R^2 further demonstrate that both CPL + f(Q)f(Q) and BA + f(Q)f(Q) provide better or competitive fits to data compared to Λ\LambdaCDM, hence offering a compelling geometric alternative for explaining late-time cosmic acceleration.

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@article{arxiv.2507.05975,
  title  = {Constraint on Symmetric Teleparallel Gravity with Different Dark energy Parametrizations from DESI DR2 BAO Data},
  author = {Rajdeep Mazumdar and Mrinnoy M. Gohain and Kalyan Bhuyan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.05975},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

16 pages, 5 figures and 6 tables. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2507.00878

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