Constraints on Scalar-Field Dark Energy from the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey Gravitational Lens Statistics
Author(s) -
KyuHyun Chae,
Gang Chen,
Bharat Ratra,
DongWook Lee
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the astrophysical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376
H-Index - 489
eISSN - 1538-4357
pISSN - 0004-637X
DOI - 10.1086/421907
Subject(s) - physics , dark energy , gravitational lens , lambda cdm model , astrophysics , weak gravitational lensing , strong gravitational lensing , gravitational lensing formalism , supernova , redshift , cosmological constant , scalar field , cosmic cancer database , cosmology , astronomy , theoretical physics , classical mechanics , galaxy
We use the statistics of strong gravitational lensing based on the CosmicLens All-Sky Survey (CLASS) data to constrain cosmological parameters in aspatially-flat, inverse power-law potential energy density, scalar-field darkenergy cosmological model. The lensing-based constraints are consistent with,but weaker than, those derived from Type Ia supernova redshift-magnitude data,and mildly favor the Einstein cosmological constant limit of this dark energymodel.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure; ApJL, in press; minor additions, new referenc
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