Published October 1, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Two new tests to the distance duality relation with galaxy clusters

  • 1. Departamento de Astronomia, Observatório Nacional, Street General José Cristino, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • 2. Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravity Centre, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town (South Africa)
  • 3. Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Street Baraúnas, Campina Grande (Brazil)

Description

The cosmic distance duality relation is a milestone of cosmology involving the luminosity and angular diameter distances. Any departure of the relation points to new physics or systematic errors in the observations, therefore tests of the relation are extremely important to build a consistent cosmological framework. Here, two new tests are proposed based on galaxy clusters observations (angular diameter distance and gas mass fraction) and H(z) measurements. By applying Gaussian Processes, a non-parametric method, we are able to derive constraints on departures of the relation where no evidence of deviation is found in both methods, reinforcing the cosmological and astrophysical hypotheses adopted so far

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/10/061

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2015
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 061
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47096150
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; DISTANCE; DUALITY; GALAXY CLUSTERS; GAUSSIAN PROCESSES; LIMITING VALUES; LUMINOSITY; MASS
Descriptors DEC
OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS