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Supernovae constraints on models of dark energy revisited

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We use the Type Ia Supernova gold sample data of Riess {\it et al} in order to constrain three models of dark energy. We study the Cardassian model, the Dvali-Turner gravity modified model and the generalized Chaplygin gas model of dark energy - dark matter unification. In our best fit analysis for these three dark energy proposals we consider flat model and the non-flat model priors. We also discuss the degeneracy of the models with the XCDM model through the computation of the so-called jerk parameter.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0412638,
  title  = {Supernovae constraints on models of dark energy revisited},
  author = {M. C. Bento and O. Bertolami and N. M. C. Santos and A. A. Sen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0412638},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Revtex4, 11 pages, 6 sets of figures, 3 tables. Version published at Physical Review D