Model-independent determination of cosmic curvature based on Pad\'{e} approximation
Abstract
Given observations of the standard candles and the cosmic chronometers, we apply Pad\'{e} parameterization to the comoving distance and the Hubble paramter to find how stringent the constraint is set to the curvature parameter by the data. A weak informative prior is introduced in the modeling process to keep the inference away from the singularities. Bayesian evidence for different order of Pad\'{e} parameterizations is evaluated during the inference to select the most suitable parameterization in light of the data. The data we used prefer a parameterization form of comoving distance as as well as a competitive form . Similar constraints on the spatial curvature parameter are established by those models and given the Hubble constant as a byproduct: (68\% confidence level [C.L.]), km/s/Mpc (68\% C.L.) for , and (68\% C.L.), km/s/Mpc (68\% C.L.) for . The evidence of different models demonstrates the qualitative analysis of the Pad\'{e} parameterizations for the comoving distance.
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@article{arxiv.1910.09794,
title = {Model-independent determination of cosmic curvature based on Pad\'{e} approximation},
author = {Shi-Yu Li and Yun-Long Li and Tong-Jie Zhang and Tingting Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.09794},
year = {2020}
}
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8 pages, 2 figures, submitted to ApJ