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Large-scale inhomogeneities may improve the cosmic concordance of supernovae.

Authors :
Amendola L
Kainulainen K
Marra V
Quartin M
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2010 Sep 17; Vol. 105 (12), pp. 121302. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Sep 16.
Publication Year :
2010

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