Constraining dynamical dark energy with a divergence-free parametrization in the presence of spatial curvature and massive neutrinos

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Abstract

In this paper, we report the results of constraining the dynamical dark energy with a divergence-free parameterization, w(z)=w0+wa(ln⁡(2+z)1+z−ln⁡2)w(z) = w_{0} + w_{a}(\frac{\ln(2+z)}{1+z}-\ln2), in the presence of spatial curvature and massive neutrinos, with the 7-yr WMAP temperature and polarization data, the power spectrum of LRGs derived from SDSS DR7, the Type Ia supernova data from Union2 sample, and the new measurements of H0H_0 from HST, by using a MCMC global fit method. Our focus is on the determinations of the spatial curvature, ΩkΩ_k, and the total mass of neutrinos, ∑mν\sum m_ν, in such a dynamical dark energy scenario, and the influence of these factors to the constraints on the dark energy parameters, w0w_0 and waw_a. We show that ΩkΩ_k and ∑mν\sum m_ν can be well constrained in this model; the 95% CL limits are: −0.0153<Ωk<0.0167-0.0153<Ω_k<0.0167 and ∑mν<0.56\sum m_ν<0.56 eV. Comparing to the case in a flat universe, we find that the error in w0w_0 is amplified by 25.51%, and the error in waw_a is amplified by 0.14%; comparing to the case with a zero neutrino mass, we find that the error in w0w_0 is amplified by 12.24%, and the error in waw_a is amplified by 1.63%.

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