Beyond two dark energy parameters.
Our ignorance of dark energy is generally described by a two-parameter equation of state. In these approaches, a particular ad hoc functional form is assumed, and only two independent parameters are incorporated. We propose a model-independent, multiparameter approach to fitting dark energy and show that next-generation surveys will constrain the equation of state in three or more independent redshift bins to better than 10%. Future knowledge of dark energy will surpass two numbers (e.g., [w{0},w{1}] or [w{0},w{a}]), and we propose a more flexible approach to the analysis of present and future data.
Sarkar
Devdeep
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
Sullivan
Scott
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Joudaki
Shahab
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Amblard
Alexandre
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Holz
Daniel E
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Cooray
Asantha
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