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We use cosmography to present constraints on the kinematics of the Universe without postulating any underlying theoretical model a priori. To this end, we use a Markov Chain Monte Carlo analysis to perform comparisons to the supernova Ia…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-18 Alejandro Aviles , Christine Gruber , Orlando Luongo , Hernando Quevedo

Context. Explaining the accelerated expansion of the Universe is one of the fundamental challenges in physics today. Cosmography provides information about the evolution of the universe derived from measured distances, assuming only that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 Marek Demianski , Ester Piedipalumbo , Disha Sawant , Lorenzo Amati

We present a fast Markov Chain Monte-Carlo exploration of cosmological parameter space. We perform a joint analysis of results from recent CMB experiments and provide parameter constraints, including sigma_8, from the CMB independent of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Antony Lewis , Sarah Bridle

Cosmography provides a direct method to map the expansion history of the Universe in a model-independent way. Recently, different kinds of observations have been used in cosmographic analyses, such as SNe Ia and gamma ray bursts…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-06 R. F. L. Holanda , J. S. Alcaniz , J. C. Carvalho

We use cosmography to present constraints on the kinematics of the Universe, without postulating any underlying theoretical model. To this end, we use a Monte Carlo Markov Chain analysis to perform comparisons to the supernova Ia Union 2…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Alejandro Aviles , Christine Gruber , Orlando Luongo , Hernando Quevedo

The explanation of the accelerated expansion of the Universe poses one of the most fundamental questions in physics and cosmology today. If the acceleration is driven by some form of dark energy, one can try to constrain the parameters…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Marek Demianski , Ester Piedipalumbo , Claudio Rubano , Paolo Scudellaro

Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques are now widely used for cosmological parameter estimation. Chains are generated to sample the posterior probability distribution obtained following the Bayesian approach. An important issue is how…

Cosmography is an ideal tool to investigate the cosmic expansion history of the Universe in a model-independent way. The equations of motion in modified theories of gravity are usually very complicated; cosmography may select practical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-04 Sanjay Mandal , Deng Wang , P. K. Sahoo

In this work we use cosmography to alleviate the degeneracy among cosmological models, proposing a way to parameterize matter and dark energy in terms of cosmokinematics quantities. The recipe of using cosmography allows to expand…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-23 Orlando Luongo , Giovanni Battista Pisani , Antonio Troisi

In this paper, we present a kinematic analysis of the Universe's expansion history using cosmography, with a particular emphasis on the jerk parameter $j_0$, which is equal to one in the standard $\Lambda$CDM scenario. We use distance…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-02 Gabriel Rodrigues , Rayff de Souza , Jailson Alcaniz

We investigate the prospects for determining the accelerating history of the Universe from upcoming measurements of the expansion rate $H(z)$. In our analyses, we use Monte Carlo simulations based on $w$CDM models to generate samples with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-22 J. C. Carvalho , J. S. Alcaniz

As a classical approach, the dynamics of the Universe, influenced by its dark components, are unveiled through prior modifications of Einstein's equations. Cosmography, on the other hand, is a highly efficient tool for reconstructing any…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-19 Sai Swagat Mishra , N. S. Kavya , P. K. Sahoo , V. Venkatesha

We perform a cosmographic analysis using several cosmological observables such as the luminosity distance moduli, the volume distance, the angular diameter distance and the Hubble parameter. These quantities are determined using different…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Jun-Qing Xia , Vincenzo Vitagliano , Stefano Liberati , Matteo Viel

Measurement of the universe expansion rate through the cosmic chronometers proves to be a novel approach to understanding cosmic history. Although it provides a direct determination of the Hubble parameters at different redshifts, it…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-12 Faeze Jalilvand , Ahmad Mehrabi

In this study, we explore model independent constraints on the universe kinematics up to the snap and jerk hierarchical terms. To do so, we consider the latest Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) release provided by the DESI collaboration,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-11 Orlando Luongo , Marco Muccino

Gaussian processes provide a method for extracting cosmological information from observations without assuming a cosmological model. We carry out cosmography -- mapping the time evolution of the cosmic expansion -- in a model-independent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-11 Arman Shafieloo , Alex G. Kim , Eric V. Linder

The cosmological redshift drift could lead to the next step in high-precision cosmic geometric observations, becoming a direct and irrefutable test for cosmic acceleration. In order to test the viability and possible properties of this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-14 Ruth Lazkoz , Iker Leanizbarrutia , Vincenzo Salzano

In the context of cosmography approach and using the data of Hubble diagram for supernovae, quasars and gamma-ray bursts, we study some DE parametrizations and also the concordance $\Lambda$CDM universe. Using the different combinations of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-09 Mehdi Rezaei , Saeed Pour Ojaghi , Mohammad Malekjani

Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampler is widely used for cosmological parameter estimation from CMB and other data. However, due to the intrinsic serial nature of the MCMC sampler, convergence is often very slow. Here we present a fast…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-12 Santanu Das , Tarun Souradeep

It is nowadays accepted that the universe is undergoing a phase of accelerated expansion as tested by the Hubble diagram of Type Ia Supernovae (SNeIa) and several LSS observations. Future SNeIa surveys and other probes will make it possible…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-20 S. Capozziello , V. F. Cardone , V. Salzano
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