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We introduce a model-independent approach to the null test of the cosmic curvature which is geometrically related to the Hubble parameter $H(z)$ and luminosity distance $d_L(z)$. Combining the independent observations of $H(z)$ and…

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We propose a new model-independent method to test the cosmic curvature by comparing the proper distance and transverse comoving distance. Using the measurements of Hubble parameter $H(z)$ and angular diameter distance $d_A$, the cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-11 H. Yu , F. Y. Wang

Inflation predicts that the Universe is spatially flat. The Planck 2018 measurements of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy favour a spatially closed universe at more than 2$\sigma$ confidence level. We use model independent methods…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-07 Yingjie Yang , Yungui Gong

We propose a model-independent way to determine the cosmic curvature using the Hubble parameter $H(z)$ measured with cosmic chronometers and the comoving distance $D(z)$ inferred from HII galaxies. We employ Gaussian processes to smooth the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-18 Jing Zheng , Fulvio Melia , Tong-Jie Zhang

The cosmic curvature ($\Omega_k$) is a fundamental parameter for cosmology. In this paper, we propose an improved model-independent method to constrain the cosmic curvature, which is geometrically related to the Hubble parameter $H(z)$ and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-07 Yuting Liu , Shuo Cao , Tonghua Liu , Xiaolei Li , Shuaibo Geng , Yujie Lian , Wuzheng Guo

We use two model-independent methods to constrain the curvature of the universe. In the first method, we study the evolution of the curvature parameter ($\Omega_k^0$) with redshift by using the observations of the Hubble parameter and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-17 Akshay Rana , Deepak Jain , Shobhit Mahajan , Amitabha Mukherjee

In this letter, we propose an improved cosmological model-independent method to measure cosmic curvature, combining the recent measurements of transverse and line-of-sight directions in the baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) with cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-09 Xiaolong Gong , Yifei Xu , Tonghua Liu , Shuo Cao , Jianyong Jiang , Yalong Nan , Ruobin Ding

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

Cosmic spatial curvature is a fundamental geometric quantity of the Universe. We investigate a model independent, geometric approach to measure spatial curvature directly from observations, without any derivatives of data. This employs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-01 Mikhail Denissenya , Eric V. Linder , Arman Shafieloo

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

The cosmographic approach is adopted to determine the spatial curvature (i.e., $\Omega_K$) combining the latest released cosmic chronometers data (CC), the Pantheon sample of type Ia supernovae observations, and the baryon acoustic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 En-Kun Li , Minghui Du , Lixin Xu

The spatial curvature ($K$ or $\Omega_K$) is one of the most fundamental parameters of an isotropic and homogeneous universe and has a close link to the physics of the early Universe. Combining the radial and angular diameter distances…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-19 Masahiro Takada , Olivier Dore

We present a model-independent measurement of spatial curvature $\Omega_{k}$ in the Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) universe, based on observations of the Hubble parameter $H(z)$ using cosmic chronometers, and a Gaussian…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-23 Cheng-Zong Ruan , Fulvio Melia , Yu Chen , Tong-Jie Zhang

The assumption of a flat Universe that follows the cosmological principle, i.e., that the universe is statistically homogeneous and isotropic at large scales, comprises one of the core foundations of the standard cosmological model --…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-24 Mariana L. S. Dias , Antônio F. B. da Cunha , Carlos A. P. Bengaly , Rodrigo S. Gonçalves , Jonathan Morais

A model-independent test of the cosmic curvature parameter $\Omega_k$ is very important in cosmology. In order to estimate cosmic curvature from cosmological probes like standard candles, one has to be able to measure the luminosity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-03 Xiaogang Zheng , Shuo Cao , Yuting Liu , Marek Biesiada , Tonghua Liu , Shuaibo Geng , Yujie Lian , Wuzheng Guo

The question of determining the spatial geometry of the Universe is of greater relevance than ever, as precision cosmology promises to verify inflationary predictions about the curvature of the Universe. We revisit the question of what can…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-11 Mihran Vardanyan , Roberto Trotta , Joe Silk

It is necessary to make assumptions in order to derive models to be used for cosmological predictions and comparison with observational data. In particular, in standard cosmology the spatial curvature is assumed to be constant and zero (or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-14 A. A. Coley

The cosmic curvature $\Omega_{K}$ is an important parameter related to the inflationary cosmology and the ultimate fate of the universe. In this work, we adopt the non-CMB observations to constrain $\Omega_{K}$ in the $\Lambda$CDM model and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-12 Peng-Ju Wu , Xin Zhang

A plethora of observational data obtained over the last couple of decades has allowed cosmology to enter into a precision era and has led to the foundation of the standard cosmological constant and cold dark matter paradigm, known as the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-31 Rubén Arjona , Savvas Nesseris

The $O_k$ null test can not only assess whether the cosmic curvature is zero, therefore if true reducing degeneracies between cosmic curvature and other cosmological parameters, but also provide a model-independent check of compatibility…

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