Quintessence reconstructed: new constraints and tracker viability

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dc.creatorSahlén, Martin
dc.creatorLiddle, Andrew R
dc.creatorParkinson, David
dc.date2006-10-27
dc.date2006-12-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:00:01Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:00:01Z
dc.descriptionWe update and extend our previous work reconstructing the potential of a quintessence field from current observational data. We extend the cosmological dataset to include new supernova data, plus information from the cosmic microwave background and from baryon acoustic oscillations. We extend the modelling by considering Padé approximant expansions as well as Taylor series, and by using observations to assess the viability of the tracker hypothesis. We find that parameter constraints have improved by a factor of two, with a strengthening of the preference of the cosmological constant over evolving quintessence models. Present data show some signs, though inconclusive, of favouring tracker models over non-tracker models under our assumptions.
dc.description14 pages RevTeX4, 12 figures included. Minor updates to match version accepted by Phys Rev D
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0610812
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0610812
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D75:023502,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.75.023502
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/187603
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleQuintessence reconstructed: new constraints and tracker viability
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