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Equation of State of Dark Matter after Planck Data

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2013-12-11 v3

Abstract

In this paper, we loosen the zero equation of state of dark matter to a constant wdmw_{dm}. By using the currently available cosmic observations which include the type-Ia supernovae, the baryon acoustic oscillation, the WiggleZ measurements of matter power spectrum and the cosmic microwave background radiation from the firs release of {\it Planck} dat through the Markov chain Monte Carlo method, we found the equation of state of dark matter in 3σ3\sigma regions: wdm=0.0007070.0007470.001490.00196+0.000746+0.00146+0.00193w_{dm}=0.000707_{-0.000747-0.00149-0.00196}^{+0.000746+0.00146+0.00193}. The difference of the minimum χ2\chi^2 between the Λ\LambdaCDM and Λ\LambdawDM models is Δχmin2=0.446\Delta\chi^2_{min}=0.446 for one extra model parameter wdmw_{dm}. Although the currently available cosmic observations favor the Λ\LambdawDM mildly, no significant deviation from the Λ\LambdaCDM model is found in 1σ1\sigma regions.

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@article{arxiv.1310.1532,
  title  = {Equation of State of Dark Matter after Planck Data},
  author = {Lixin Xu and Yadong Chang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.1532},
  year   = {2013}
}

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