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Testing for dynamical dark energy models with redshift-space distortions

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-06-11 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The red-shift space distortions in the galaxy power spectrum can be used to measure the growth rate of matter density perturbations delta_m. For dynamical dark energy models in General Relativity we provide a convenient analytic formula of f(z) sigma_8(z) written as a function of the redshift z, where f=d ln delta_m/d ln a (a is the cosmological scale factor) and sigma_8 is the rms amplitude of over-density at the scale 8 h^{-1} Mpc. Our formula can be applied to the models of imperfect fluids, quintessence, and k-essence, provided that the dark energy equation of state w does not vary significantly and that the sound speed is not much smaller than 1. We also place observational constraints on dark energy models of constant w and tracking quintessence from the recent data of red-shift space distortions.

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@article{arxiv.1210.4239,
  title  = {Testing for dynamical dark energy models with redshift-space distortions},
  author = {Shinji Tsujikawa and Antonio De Felice and Jailson Alcaniz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.4239},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

15 pages, 5 figures

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