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We investigate the constraint ability of the gravitational wave (GW) as the standard siren on the cosmological parameters by using the third-generation gravitational wave detector: the Einstein Telescope. We simulate the luminosity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-21 Rong-Gen Cai , Tao Yang

In this paper, we go further and propose a cosmological model-independent approach to simultaneously determine the Hubble constant and cosmic curvature with strong lensing time-delay measurements, without any prior assumptions regarding the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-19 Tonghua Liu , Shuo Cao , Sixuan Zhang , Chenfa Zheng , Wuzheng Guo

Measurements of the Hubble constant, and more generally measurements of the expansion rate and distances over the interval $0 < z < 1$, appear to be inconsistent with the predictions of the standard cosmological model ($\Lambda$CDM) given…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 Lloyd Knox , Marius Millea

Strongly lensed quasar systems with time delay measurements provide "time delay distances", which are a combination of three angular diameter distances and serve as powerful tools to determine the Hubble constant $H_0$. However, current…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-18 Kai Liao , Arman Shafieloo , Ryan E. Keeley , Eric V. Linder

Accurately measuring the Hubble parameter is vital for understanding the expansion history and properties of the universe. In this paper, we propose a new method that supplements the covariance between redshift pairs to improve the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-23 Jian-Chen Zhang , Yu Hu , Kang Jiao , Hong-Feng Wang , Yuan-Bo Xie , Bo Yu , Li-Li Zhao , Tong-Jie Zhang

UV luminosity functions provide a wealth of information on the physics of galaxy formation in the early Universe. Given that this probe indirectly tracks the evolution of the mass function of dark matter halos, it has the potential to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Nashwan Sabti , Julian B. Muñoz , Diego Blas

In the present work, we apply consistency relation tests to several cosmological models, including the flat and non-flat $\Lambda$CDM models, as well as the flat XCDM model. The analysis uses a non-parametric Gaussian Processes method to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-20 J. F. Jesus , A. A. Escobal , R. Valentim , S. H. Pereira

Using a new sub-sample of observed strong gravitational lens systems, for the first time, we present the equation for the angular diameter distance in the $y$-redshift scenario for cosmography and use it to test the cosmographic parameters.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 Andrés Lizardo , Mario H. Amante , Miguel A. García-Aspeitia , Juan Magaña , V. Motta

In this paper, we propose an improved model-independent method to constrain the cosmic curvature by combining the most recent Hubble parameter $H(z)$ and supernovae Ia (SNe Ia) data. Based on the $H(z)$ data, we first use the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-12 Jun-Jie Wei , Xue-Feng Wu

In the present work we describe a model-independent method of developing a plot of scale factor versus lookback time from the usual Hubble diagram of modulus data against redshift. This is the first plot of this type. We follow the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Harry I. Ringermacher , Lawrence R. Mead

Cosmography is used in cosmological data processing in order to constrain the kinematics of the universe in a model-independent way. In this paper, we first investigate the effect of the ultraviolet (UV) and X-ray relation of a quasar on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-11 J. P. Hu , F. Y. Wang

This paper aims to put constraints on the transition redshift $z_t$, which determines the onset of cosmic acceleration, in cosmological-model independent frameworks. In order to do that, we use the non-parametric Gaussian Process method…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-20 J. F. Jesus , R. Valentim , A. A. Escobal , S. H. Pereira

Directly comparing the 6 expansion rate measured by type Ia supernovae data and the lower bound on the expansion rate set by the strong energy conditions or the null hypothesis that there never exists cosmic acceleration, we see $3\sigma$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-06 Yingjie Yang , Yungui Gong

In the last dozen years a wide and variegated mass of observational data revealed that the universe is now expanding at an accelerated rate. In the absence of a well-based theory to interpret the observations, cosmography provides…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-30 Ester Piedipalumbo , Enrica Della Moglie , Roberto Cianci

The Planck satellite is expected to improve the measurement of most cosmological parameters by several factors with respect to current WMAP results. The actual performance may depend upon various aspects of the data analysis. In this paper…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-02 L. P. L. Colombo , E. Pierpaoli , J. R. Pritchard

We present a new method that simultaneously solves for cosmology and galaxy bias on non-linear scales. The method uses the halo model to analytically describe the (non-linear) matter distribution, and the conditional luminosity function…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Frank van den Bosch , Surhud More , Marcello Cacciato , Houjun Mo , Xiaohu Yang

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 use updated Hubble parameter and baryon acoustic oscillation data, as well as other lower-redshift Type Ia supernova, Mg II reverberation-measured quasar, quasar angular size, H II starburst galaxy, and Amati-correlated gamma-ray burst…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-31 Shulei Cao , Bharat Ratra

We explore recent estimations of the Hubble parameter $H$ depending on redshift $z$, which include 31 $H(z)$ data points measured from differential ages of galaxies and 26 data points, obtained with other methods. We describe these data…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-20 G. S. Sharov , V. O. Vasiliev

Direct observations of the Hubble rate, from cosmic chronometers and the radial baryon acoustic oscillation scale, can out-perform supernovae observations in understanding the expansion history, because supernovae observations need to be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-26 Marina Seikel , Sahba Yahya , Roy Maartens , Chris Clarkson