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Measurements suggest that our universe has a substantial dark energy component. The most recent data on type Ia supernovae give a dark energy density which is in good agreement with other measurements if the dark energy is assumed to be a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Duane A. Dicus , Wayne W. Repko

We introduce a methodology to test models with spatial variations of the fine-structure constant $\alpha$, based on the calculation of the angular power spectrum of these measurements. This methodology enables comparisons of observations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-24 A. M. M. Pinho , M. Martinelli , C. J. A. P. Martins

We use a combination of simulated cosmological probes and astrophysical tests of the stability of the fine-structure constant $\alpha$, as expected from the forthcoming European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), to constrain the class of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-30 Matteo Martinelli , Erminia Calabrese , C. J. A. P. Martins

We present the constraints on the Quintessence scalar field model from the observational data of the variation of the fine structure constant obtained from Keck and VLT telescopes. Within the theoretical frame proposed by Bekenstein, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Zhong-Xu Zhai , Xian-Ming Liu , Zhi-Song Zhang , Tong-Jie Zhang

We use the latest compilation of observational Hubble parameter measurements estimated with the differential evolution of cosmic chronometers, in combination with the local value of the Hubble constant recently measured with 2.4% precision,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-13 Rafael C. Nunes , Supriya Pan , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

We use the Constitution supernova, the baryon acoustic oscillation, the cosmic microwave background, and the Hubble parameter data to analyze the evolution property of dark energy. We obtain different results when we fit different baryon…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Yungui Gong , Rong-Gen Cai , Yun Chen , Zong-Hong Zhu

Interacting dark energy models may play a crucial role in explaining several important observational issues in modern cosmology and also may provide a solution to current cosmological tensions. Since the phenomenology of the dark sector…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-06 Weiqiang Yang , Supriya Pan , Olga Mena , Eleonora Di Valentino

In this paper, we compare some popular dark energy models under the assumption of a flat universe by using the latest observational data including the type Ia supernovae Constitution compilation, the baryon acoustic oscillation measurement…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Miao Li , Xiao-Dong Li , Xin Zhang

Although well motivated from theoretical arguments, the cosmological constant \emph{barrier}, i.e., the imposition that the equation-of-state parameter of dark energy ($\omega_x \equiv p_x/\rho_x$) is $\geq -1$, seems to introduce bias in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. S. Alcaniz

We constrain the evolution of the dark energy density from Cosmic Microwave Background, Large Scale Structure and Supernovae Ia measurements. While Supernovae Ia are most sensitive to the equation of state $w_0$ of dark energy today, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michael Doran , Khamphee Karwan , Christof Wetterich

Cosmological measurements suggest that our universe contains a dark energy component. In order to study the dark energy evolution, we constrain a parameterized dark energy equation of state $w(z)=w_0 + w_1 \frac{z}{1+z}$ using the recent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Chengwu Zhang , Lixin Xu , Baorong Chang , Hongya Liu

Using several cosmological observations, i.e. the cosmic microwave background anisotropies (WMAP), the weak gravitational lensing (CFHTLS), the measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations (SDSS+WiggleZ), the most recent observational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-07 Xin Wang , Xiao-Lei Meng , Tong-Jie Zhang , HuanYuan Shan , Yan Gong , Charling Tao , Xuelei Chen , Y. F. Huang

We introduce a simple parametrization of the dark energy equation of state, \omega, which is motivated from theory and recent experimental data. The theory is related to the tracker solution to alleviate the fine tuning problem. Recent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Seokcheon Lee

We test the consistency of several independent astrophysical measurements of fundamental dimensionless constants. In particular, we compare direct measurements of the fine-structure constant $\alpha$ and the proton-to-electron mass ratio…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-05 M. C. Ferreira , O. Frigola , C. J. A. P. Martins , A. M. R. V. L. Monteiro , J. Solà

We reconsider several current bounds on the variation of the fine-structure constant in models where all gauge and Yukawa couplings vary in an interdependent manner, as would be expected in unified theories. In particular, we re-examine the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-15 Keith A. Olive , Maxim Pospelov , Yong-Zhong Qian , Alain Coc , Michel Casse , Elisabeth Vangioni-Flam

The dark energy models with variable equation of state parameter $\omega$ is investigated by using law of variation of Hubble's parameter that yields the constant value of deceleration parameter. The equation of state parameter $\omega$ is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-01 Anil Kumar Yadav , Farook Rahaman , Saibal Ray

The possibility of variation of the fundamental constants of nature has been a long-standing question, with important consequences for fundamental physics and cosmology. In particular, it has been shown that variations in the fine-structure…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 Rodrigo S. Gonçalves , Susana Landau , Jailson S. Alcaniz , Rodrigo F. L. Holanda

Cosmological models with variable and modified equations of state for dark energy are confronted with observational data, including Type Ia supernovae, Hubble parameter data $H(z)$ from different sources, and observational manifestations of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-29 German S. Sharov , Vasily E. Myachin

We propose a novel parameterization of the dark energy density. It is particularly well suited to describe a non-negligible contribution of dark energy at early times and contains only three parameters, which are all physically meaningful:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael Doran , Georg Robbers

Dark Energy is some of the weirdest and most mysterious stuff in the universe that tends to increase the rate of expansion of the universe. Two commonly known forms of dark energy are the cosmological constant, a constant energy density…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-28 Ishwaree P. Neupane , Holly Trowland