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An important issue in cosmology is reconstructing the effective dark energy equation of state directly from observations. With so few physically motivated models, future dark energy studies cannot only be based on constraining a dark energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Chris Clarkson , Caroline Zunckel

Using a model-independent Gaussian process (GP) method to reconstruct the dimensionless luminosity distance $D$ and its derivatives, we derive the evolution of the dimensionless Hubble parameter $E$, the deceleration parameter $q$, and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-03 Xue Zhang , Yin-Hao Xu , Yu Sang

Data-driven model-independent reconstructions of the dark energy equation of state $w(z)$ are presented using Planck 2015 era CMB, BAO, SNIa and Lyman-$\alpha$ data. These reconstructions identify the $w(z)$ behaviour supported by the data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-26 S. Hee , J. A. Vázquez , W. J. Handley , M. P. Hobson , A. N. Lasenby

The $\Lambda$CDM model has long served as the cornerstone of modern cosmology, offering an elegant and successful framework for interpreting a wide range of cosmological observations. However, the rise of high-precision datasets has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-01 Manish Yadav , Archana Dixit , Anirudh Pradhan , M S Barak

In this paper, we employ two model-independent approaches, including redshift binning method and polynomial interpolation method, to reconstruct dark energy (DE) equation of state (EoS) $w(z)$ and DE density function $f(z)$. Our analysis…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-18 Jun-Xian Li , Shuang Wang

This paper investigates the accelerated cosmic expansion in the late Universe by examining two dark energy models, viscous modified Chaplygin gas (VsMCG) and variable modified Chaplygin gas (VMCG), within loop quantum cosmology alongside…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-12 Rownak Kundu , Ujjal Debnath , Himanshu Chaudhary , G. Mustafa

Reconstruction of the linear power spectrum from observational data provides a way to compare cosmological models to a large amount of data, as Peacock & Dodds (1994, 1996) have shown. By applying the appropriate corrections to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Clay Smith , Anatoly Klypin , Michael Gross , Joel Primack , Jon Holtzman

We derive multiple constraints on dark energy and compare dynamical dark energy models with a time-varying equation of state ($w_0 w_a$CDM) versus a cosmological constant model ($\Lambda$CDM). We use Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-24 Mustapha Ishak , Leonel Medina-Varela

Combinations of the most recent CMB, BAO, and SNeIa datasets, when analyzed using the CPL parametrization, $w(a) = w_0 + (1 - a) w_a$, exclude $\Lambda$CDM at $\gtrsim\!3\sigma$ in favor of a dark energy equation of state (EoS) parameter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-25 Emre Özülker , Eleonora Di Valentino , William Giarè

We employ the Statefinder hierarchy and the growth rate of matter perturbations to explore the discrimination of $\Lambda$CDM and some parametrization dark energy models including the Chevallier-Polarski-Linder (CPL), the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-12 Jing-Zhao Qi , Wen-Biao Liu

Baryon acoustic oscillation measurements by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (Data Release 1) have revealed exciting results that show evidence for dynamical dark energy at $\sim3\sigma$ when combined with cosmic microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-30 Bikash R. Dinda , Roy Maartens

We report the constraints on the dark energy equation-of-state w(z) using the latest 'Constitution' SNe sample combined with the WMAP5 and SDSS data. Based on the localized principal component analysis and the model selection criteria, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-30 Gong-Bo Zhao , Xinmin Zhang

Allowing for greater low-redshift flexibility through parametrizations such as CPL can lead to apparent deviations from $\Lambda$CDM, with the latter lying at roughly the $2\sigma$ level from the best-fit model. This motivates an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Md. Wali Hossain

We apply the statefinder diagnostic to the holographic dark energy models, including the original holographic dark energy (HDE) model, the new holographic dark energy model, the new agegraphic dark energy (NADE) model, and the Ricci dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-30 Jing-Lei Cui , Jing-Fei Zhang

In the near future, the redshift drift observations in optical and radio bands will provide precise measurements on $H(z)$ covering the redshift ranges of $2<z<5$ and $0<z<0.3$. In addition, gravitational wave (GW) standard siren…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Jing-Zhao Qi , Shang-Jie Jin , Xi-Long Fan , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

A basic aim of ongoing and upcoming cosmological surveys is to unravel the mystery of dark energy. In the absence of a compelling theory to test, a natural approach is to better characterize the properties of dark energy in search of clues…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Tracy Holsclaw , Ujjaini Alam , Bruno Sanso , Herbert Lee , Katrin Heitmann , Salman Habib , David Higdon

The thermodynamic and dynamical properties of a variable dark energy model with density scaling as rho_x \propto (1+z)^m, z being the redshift, are discussed following the outline of Jetzer et al. This kind of models are proven to lead to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-08 Philippe Jetzer , Crescenzo Tortora

(Abridged) Tests that have been proposed to differentiate among dark energy (DE) models are based on observations of galaxies at high redshift (z>0), to be obtained in the future. We suggest here a new test that is valid at z\simeq 0. It is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-05 R. Opher , A. Pelinson

We use the Simon, Verde, & Jimenez (2005) determination of the redshift dependence of the Hubble parameter to constrain cosmological parameters in three dark energy cosmological models. We consider the standard $\Lambda$CDM model, the XCDM…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Lado Samushia , Bharat Ratra

The $\Lambda$CDM model successfully explains a wide range of cosmological observations; however, persistent discrepancies most notably the $H_0$ tension between early and late time measurements challenge its completeness. No proposed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-31 Upala Mukhopadhyay , Purba Mukherjee , Alexandre Tkatchenko