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Reconstruction of dark energy using DESI DR2

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2025-12-03 v1

Abstract

Using a model-independent Gaussian process (GP) method to reconstruct the dimensionless luminosity distance DD and its derivatives, we derive the evolution of the dimensionless Hubble parameter EE, the deceleration parameter qq, and the state parameter ww of dark energy. We utilize the PantheonPlus, SH0ES, and Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) data to derive the dimensionless luminosity distance DD. Additionally, we employ observational H(z)H(z) data (OHD) and baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) from Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Data Release 2 (DR2) to obtain the first derivative of the dimensionless luminosity distance DD^{'}. To obtain the reconstructed DD and DD^{'}, we utilize the fiducial value from each dataset, with particular emphasis on the varying H0H_0. According to the reconstruction results obtained from PantheonPlus+SH0ES+GRB+OHD and PantheonPlus+SH0ES+GRB+OHD+DESI data, we find that EE are consistent with the predictions of the Λ\LambdaCDM model at a 2σ2\sigma confidence level within the redshift range of z<2z<2. However, the reconstruction results for qq exhibit deviations from the Λ\LambdaCDM model in the range of z<0.3z<0.3. Furthermore, we observe that the mean value of ww exhibits evolving behavior, transiting from w<1w < -1 to w>1w > -1 around zwt=0.4640.120+0.235z_{\rm wt}=0.464^{+0.235}_{-0.120}. Combining data from DESI DR2 can slightly enhance the accuracy of our constraints.

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@article{arxiv.2511.02220,
  title  = {Reconstruction of dark energy using DESI DR2},
  author = {Xue Zhang and Yin-Hao Xu and Yu Sang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.02220},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages, 2 figures, 1 table