A Model-Independent Determination of the Expansion and Acceleration Rates of the Universe as a Function of Redshift and Constraints on Dark Energy
arXiv:astro-ph/0305197 · doi:10.1086/378230
Abstract
Determination of the expansion and acceleration history of the universe is one of the fundamental goals of cosmology. Detailed measurements of these rates as a function of redshift can provide new physical insights into the nature and evolution of the dark energy, which apparently dominates the global dynamics of the universe at the present epoch. We present here dimensionless coordinate distances y(z) to twenty radio galaxies reaching out to z of about 1.8, the redshift range currently not covered by Supernova standard candle observations. We develop a simple numerical method for a direct determination of the expansion and acceleration rates, E(z) and q(z), from the data, which makes no assumptions about the underlying cosmological model or the equation of state parameter w. This differential method is in contrast to the traditional cosmological tests, where particular model equations are integrated and then compared with the observations. The new model-independent method is applied to currently available Supernova data and the data on radio galaxies presented here. We derive the expansion rate of the universe as a function of redshift, E(z), and for the first time obtain a direct estimate of the acceleration rate of the universe as a function of redshift, q(z), in a way that is independent of assumptions regarding the dark energy and its redshift evolution. The current observations indicate that the universe transitions from acceleration to deceleration at a redshift greater than 0.3, with a best fit estimate of about 0.45; this transition redshift and our determinations of E(z) are broadly in agreement with the currently popular Friedmann-Lemaitre cosmology with Omega = 0.3, and Lambda = 0.7, even though no model assumptions are made in deriving the fits for E(z) and q(z).
30 pages, 9 figures, to appear in ApJ, v597, Nov. 1, 2003
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