New cosmological constraints with extended-Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey DR14 quasar sample

Abstract

We update the constraints on the cosmological parameters by adopting the Planck data released in 2015 and Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) measurements including the new DR14 quasar sample measurement at redshift $z=1.52$, and we conclude that the based six-parameter $\Lambda$CDM model is preferred. Exploring some extensions to the $\Lambda$CDM models, we find that the equation of state of dark energy reads $w=-1.036\pm 0.056$ in the $w$CDM model, the effective relativistic degrees of freedom in the Universe is $N_{\text{eff}}=3.09_{-0.20}^{+0.18}$ in the $N_{\text{eff}}+\Lambda$CDM model and the spatial curvature parameter is ${\Omega }_k=(1.8\pm 1.9)\times 10^{-3}$ in the ${\Omega }_k+\Lambda$CDM model at $68\%$ confidence level (C.L.), and the $95\%$ C.L. upper bounds on the sum of three active neutrinos masses are $\sum m_{\nu }<0.16$ eV for the normal hierarchy (NH) and $\sum m_{\nu }<0.19$ eV for the inverted hierarchy (IH) with $\Delta {\chi }^2\equiv {\chi }_{\text{NH}}^2-{\chi }_{\text{IH}}^2=-1.25$.

9 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables

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