Abstract
We present a quantitative analysis of the constraints on the total equation of state parameter that can be obtained from measuring the red shift evolution of the cosmic shear. We compare the constraints that can be obtained from measurements of the spin two angular multipole moments of the cosmic shear to those resulting from the two dimensional and three dimensional power spectra of the cosmic shear. We find that if the multipole moments of the cosmic shear are measured accurately enough for a few red shifts the constraints on the dark energy equation of state parameter improve significantly compared to those that can be obtained from other measurements.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 003 |
| Journal | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
| Volume | 2010 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| State | Published - 1 Sep 2010 |
Keywords
- Dark energy experiments
- Dark energy theory
- Weak gravitational lensing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics