English

Model independent reconstruction of cosmological accelerated-decelerated phase

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2021-11-17 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We propose two model independent methods to obtain constraints on the transition and equivalence redshifts ztrz_{tr}, zeqz_{eq}. In particular, we consider ztrz_{tr} as the onset of cosmic acceleration, whereas zeqz_{eq} the redshift at which the densities of dark energy and pressureless matter are equated. With this prescription, we expand the Hubble and deceleration parameters up to two hierarchical orders and show a linear correlation between transition and equivalence, from which we propose exclusion plots where zeqz_{eq} is not allowed to span. To this end, we discuss how to build up cosmographic expansions in terms of ztrz_{tr} and compute the corresponding observable quantities directly fitting the luminosity and angular distances and the Hubble rate with cosmic data. We make our computations through Monte Carlo fits involving type Ia supernova, baryonic acoustic oscillation and Hubble most recent data catalogs. We show at 1σ1\sigma confidence level the Λ\LambdaCDM predictions on ztrz_{tr} and zeqz_{eq} are slightly confirmed, although at 2σ2\sigma confidence level dark energy expectations cannot be excluded. Finally, we theoretically interpret our outcomes and discuss possible limitations of our overall approach.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2106.15579,
  title  = {Model independent reconstruction of cosmological accelerated-decelerated phase},
  author = {Salvatore Capozziello and Peter K. S. Dunsby and Orlando Luongo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.15579},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

17 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables, Accepted for publication in MNRAS