Reconstructing the equation of state and density parameter for dark energy from combined analysis of recent SNe Ia, OHD and BAO data (1102.4726v2)

Abstract: We adopt a model independent method to reconstruct the dark energy equation of state by analyzing 5 sets of SNe Ia data along with Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) and Observational Hubble Data (OHD). The SNe Ia data sets include the most recent UNION2 data and other data compilations from the year 2007 to the present. We assume a closed form parametrization of the luminosity distance in terms of redshift and perform a $\chi^2$ analysis of the observational data. The matter density at the present epoch $\Omega_m^0$ is also taken to be a parameter in the analysis and its best-fit values are obtained for each of the data sets. We found a strong dependence of dark energy equation of state on the matter density in the present and earlier epoch. From the analysis, we also predict the lower limit of matter density parameter at an earlier epoch within 1$\sigma$ confidence level for a flat FRW universe. The dark energy equation of state appears to be a slow varying function of $z$. The variation of dark energy density parameter and the matter density parameter are also shown along with their 1$\sigma$ variations.