Reconstructing the Cosmic Equation of State from Supernova Distances

TD Saini, Somak Raychaudhury, V Sahni, AA Starobinsky

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Abstract

Observations of high-redshift supernovae indicate that the Universe is accelerating. Here we present a model-independent method for estimating the form of the potential V(phi) of the scalar field driving this acceleration, and the associated equation of state w(phi). Our method is based on a versatile analytical form for the luminosity distance D(L), optimized to fit observed distances to distant supernovae and differentiated to yield V(straight phi) and w(straight phi). Our results favor w(phi) approximately -1 at the present epoch, steadily increasing with redshift. A cosmological constant is consistent with our results.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1162-1165
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume85
Issue number6
Early online date1 Aug 2000
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2000

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