Tracing Dark Energy History with Gamma-Ray Bursts
Journal
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Muccino, M.
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Izzo, L.
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Luongo, O.
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Boshkayev, K.
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Pisani, G. B.
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Zaninoni, E.
Abstract
Observations of gamma-ray bursts up to z ∼ 9 are best suited to study the possible evolution of the universe equation of state at intermediate redshifts. We apply the Combo relation to a sample of 174 gamma-ray bursts to investigate possible evidence of evolving dark energy parameter w(z). We first build a gamma-ray burst Hubble's diagram and then we estimate the set (Ωm, ΩΛ) in the framework of flat and non-flat ΛCDM paradigm. We then get bounds over the wCDM model, where w is thought to evolve with redshift, adopting two priors over the Hubble constant in tension at 4.4σ, i.e., H0 = (67.4 ± 0.5) km s-1 Mpc-1 and H0 = (74.03 ± 1.42) km s-1 Mpc-1. We show our new sample provides tighter constraints on Ωm since at z ≤ 1.2 we see that w(z) agrees within 1σ with the standard value w = -1. The situation is the opposite at larger z, where gamma-ray bursts better fix w(z) that seems to deviate from w = -1 at 2σ and 4σ level, depending on the redshift bins. In particular, we investigate the w(z) evolution through a piecewise formulation over seven redshift intervals. From our fitting procedure we show that at z ≥ 1.2 the case w < -1 cannot be fully excluded, indicating that dark energy's influence is not negligible at larger z. We confirm the Combo relation as a powerful tool to investigate cosmological evolution of dark energy. Future space missions will significantly enrich the gamma-ray burst database even at smaller redshifts, improving de facto the results discussed in this paper.
Volume
908
Issue
2
Start page
181
Issn Identifier
0004-637X
Ads BibCode
2021ApJ...908..181M
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open.access
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