Fitting the Supernova Type Ia Data with the Chaplygin Gas

dc.creatorFabris, J. C.
dc.creatorGoncalves, S. V. B.
dc.creatorde Souza, P. E.
dc.date2002-07-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:04:23Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:04:23Z
dc.descriptionThe supernova type Ia observational data are fitted using a model with cold dark matter and the Chaplygin gas. The Chaplygin gas, which is characterized by a negative pressure varying with the inverse of density, represents in this model the dark energy responsible for the accelaration of the universe. The fitting depends essentially on four parameters: the Hubble constant, the velocity of sound of the Chaplygin gas and the fraction density of the Chaplygin gas and the cold dark matter. The best fitting model is obtained with H_0 = 65 km/Mpc.s, $c_s^2 \sim 0.92c$ and Omega_{c0} = 1, Omega_{m0} = 0, that is, a universe completely dominated by the Chaplygin gas. This reinforces the possibility that the Chaplygin gas may unify dark matter and dark energy, as it has already been claimed in the literature.
dc.descriptionLatex file, 8 pages, three tables and 1 figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207430
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207430
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4738
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleFitting the Supernova Type Ia Data with the Chaplygin Gas
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