Friday, October 21, 2011

1110.4541 (Chao-Jian Wu et al.)

Reconstructing the History of Energy Condition Violation from Observational Data    [PDF]

Chao-Jian Wu, Cong Ma, Tong-Jie Zhang
We study the likelihood of energy condition violations in the history of the Universe. Our method is based on a set of functions that characterize energy condition violation. FLRW cosmological models are built around these "indication functions". By computing the Fisher matrix of model parameters using type Ia supernova and Hubble parameter data, we extract the principal modes of these functions' redshift evolution. These modes allow us to obtain uncorrelated reconstructions of energy condition violation history. We find that the data suggest a history of strong energy condition violation, but the null and dominant energy conditions are likely to be fulfilled.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.4541

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