Dark Energy Constraints from Baryon Acoustic Oscillations
arXiv:astro-ph/0601163 · doi:10.1086/505384
Abstract
Baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) in the galaxy power spectrum allows us to extract the scale of the comoving sound horizon at recombination, a cosmological standard ruler accurately determined by the cosmic microwave background anisotropy data. We examine various issues important in the use of BAO to probe dark energy. We find that assuming a flat universe, and priors on Omega_m, Omega_m h^2, and Omega_b h^2 as expected from the Planck mission, the constraints on dark energy parameters (w_0,w') scale much less steeply with survey area than (area)^{-1/2} for a given redshift range. The constraints on the dark energy density rho_X(z), however, do scale roughly with (area)^{-1/2} due to the strong correlation between H(z) and Omega_m (which reduces the effect of priors on Omega_m). Dark energy constraints from BAO are very sensitive to the assumed linear scale of matter clustering and the redshift accuracy of the survey. For a BAO survey with 0.5<= z <= 2, sigma(R)=0.4 (corresponding to k_{max}(z=0)=0.086 h Mpc^{-1}), and sigma_z/(1+z)=0.001, (sigma_{w_0},sigma_{w'})=(0.115, 0.183) and (0.069, 0.104) for survey areas of 1000 (deg)^2 and 10000 (deg)^2 respectively. We find that it is critical to minimize the bias in the scale estimates in order to derive reliable dark energy constraints. For a 1000 (10000) square degree BAO survey, a 1-sigma bias in ln H(z) leads to a 2-sigma (3-sigma) bias in w'. The bias in w' due to the same scale bias from ln D_A(z) is slightly smaller and opposite in sign. The results from this paper will be useful in assessing different proposed BAO surveys and guiding the design of optimal dark energy detection strategies.
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