Cosmological Parameters from the SDSS DR5 Velocity Dispersion Function of Early-Type Galaxies through Radio-Selected Lens Statistics

Abstract

We improve strong lensing constraints on cosmological parameters in light of the new measurement of the velocity dispersion function of early-type galaxies based on the SDSS DR5 data and recent semi-analytical modeling of galaxy formation. Using both the number statistics of the CLASS statistical sample and the image separation distribution of the CLASS and the PANELS radio-selected lenses, we find the cosmological matter density $\Om = 0.25^{+0.12}_{-0.08}$ (68% CL) assuming evolutions of galaxies predicted by a semi-analytical model of galaxy formation and $\Om = 0.26^{+0.12}_{-0.08}$ assuming no evolution of galaxies for a flat cosmology with an Einstein cosmological constant. For a flat cosmology with a generalized dark energy, we find the non-evolving dark energy equation of state $w_x<-1.2$ ($w_x<-0.5$) at the 68% CL (95% CL).

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