Age constraints on the cosmic equation of state

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dc.creatorDantas, M. A.
dc.creatorAlcaniz, J. S.
dc.creatorJain, Deepak
dc.creatorDev, Abha
dc.date2006-07-04
dc.date2007-01-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:23:17Z
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dc.descriptionDark energy is the invisible fuel that seems to drive the current acceleration of the Universe. Its presence, which is inferred from an impressive convergence of high-quality observational results along with some sucessful theoretical predictions, is also supported by the current estimates of the age of the Universe from dating of local and high-$z$ objects. In this work we study observational constraints on the dark energy equation of state ($w$) from lookback time measurements of high-$z$ galaxies, as recently published by the Gemini Deep Deep Survey (GDDS). In order to build up our lookback time sample from these observations we use 8 high-$z$ galaxies in the redshift interval $1.3 \leq z \leq 2.2$ and assume the total expanding age of the Universe to be $t_{0}^{obs} = 13.6^{+0.4}_{-0.3}$ Gyr, as obtained from current cosmic microwave background data. We show that these age measurements are compatible with values of $w$ close to -1, although there is still space for quintessence ($w > -1$) and phantom ($w < -1$) behaviors. In order to break possible degeneracies in the $Ω_{\rm{m}} - w$ plane, we also discuss the bounds on this parametric space when GDDS lookback time measurements are combined with the most recent SNe Ia, CMB and LSS data.
dc.description7 Pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607060
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607060
dc.identifierAstron.Astrophys.467:421,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066632
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/175772
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleAge constraints on the cosmic equation of state
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