2 papers
astro-ph2002
Alternatives to Quintessence Model Building
P. P. Avelino, L. M. G. Beca, J. P. M. de Carvalho +2
We discuss the issue of toy model building for the dark energy component of the universe. Specifically, we consider two generic toy models recently proposed as alternatives to quin…
astro-ph2001
Modified Median Statistics and Type Ia Supernova Data
P. P. Avelino, C. J. A. P. Martins, P. Pinto
The median statistic has recently been discussed by Gott \textit{et al.} as a more reliable alternative to the standard likelihood analysis, in the sense of requiring fewer a…