Determining Cosmological Parameters with Latest Observational Data

dc.creatorXia, Jun-Qing
dc.creatorLi, Hong
dc.creatorZhao, Gong-Bo
dc.creatorZhang, Xinmin
dc.date2008-07-24
dc.date2008-08-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:45:04Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:45:04Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper, we combine the latest observational data, including the WMAP five-year data (WMAP5), BOOMERanG, CBI, VSA, ACBAR, as well as the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) and Type Ia Supernoave (SN) "Union" compilation (307 sample) to determine the cosmological parameters. Our results show that the $Λ$CDM model remains a good fit to the current data. In a flat universe, we obtain the tight limit on the constant EoS of dark energy as, $w=-0.977\pm0.056$ ($1 σ$). For the dynamical dark energy models with time evolving EoS, we find that the best-fit values are $w_0=-1.08$ and $w_1=0.368$, implying the preference of Quintom model whose EoS gets across the cosmological constant boundary. For the curvature of universe, our results give $-0.012<Ω_k<0.009$ (95% C.L.) when fixing $w_{\DE}=-1$. When considering the dynamics of dark energy, the flat universe is still a good fit to the current data. Regarding the neutrino mass limit, we obtain the upper limits, $\sum m_ν<0.533$ eV (95% C.L.) within the framework of the flat $Λ$CDM model. When adding the SDSS Lyman-$α$ forest power spectrum data, the constraint on $\sum m_ν$ can be significantly improved, $\sum m_ν<0.161$ eV (95% C.L.). Assuming that the primordial fluctuations are adiabatic with a power law spectrum, within the $Λ$CDM model, we find that the upper limit on the ratio of the tensor to scalar is $r<0.200$ (95% C.L.) and the inflationary models with the slope $n_s\geq1$ are excluded at more than $2 σ$ confidence level. However, in the framework of dynamical dark energy models, the allowed region in the parameter space of ($n_s$,$r$) is enlarged significantly. Finally, we find no evidence for the large running of the spectral index. (Abridged)
dc.description8 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, More discussion on NEC
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0807.3878
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0807.3878
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D78:083524,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.083524
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201765
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleDetermining Cosmological Parameters with Latest Observational Data
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