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Large-scale inhomogeneities may improve the cosmic concordance of supernovae.
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Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2010 Sep 17; Vol. 105 (12), pp. 121302. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Sep 16. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- We reanalyze the supernova data from the Union Compilation including the weak-lensing effects caused by inhomogeneities. We compute the lensing probability distribution function for each background solution described by the parameters Ω(M), Ω(Λ), and w in the presence of inhomogeneities, approximately modeled with a single-mass population of halos. We then perform a likelihood analysis in the parameter space of Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker models and compare our results with the standard approach. We find that the inclusion of lensing can move the best-fit model significantly towards the cosmic concordance of the flat Lambda-Cold Dark Matter model, improving the agreement with the constraints coming from the cosmic microwave background and baryon acoustic oscillations.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1079-7114
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physical review letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20867626
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.121302